demonstration project on rehabilitation. The hos- pital remains a private, non-profit institution.
Dr. Engh served as President of the Virginia Orthopedic Society, the District of Columbia Orthopedic Society, and the Alexandria Medical Society. He was Chief of Staff at Alexandria Hospital as well as at the National Hospital for Orthopedics and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Engh was a distinguished orthopedic surgeon and a leader in the field of orthopedics.
He is particularly remembered in his community for his early work with children who were crip- pled by poliomyelitis, his founding of the National Hospital for Orthopedics and Rehabili- tation, and the Anderson Clinic, a practice that continues under the direction of his two sons.
Otto Anderson Engh died at his home in Falls Church, Virginia, on April 11, 1988. He was survived by his wife, Sara, of Falls Church, Virginia; three children, Charles A. Engh, MD, of Arlington, Virginia, Sara Engh Reger of Shaker Heights, Ohio, and Gerard A. Engh, MD, of Alexandria, Virginia.
world and art books in which pictures of defor- mities, braces and crutches appeared.
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Sigmund EPSTEIN
1880–1970
Dr. Sigmund Epstein practiced orthopedics in New York City for a lifetime. He was graduated from Cornell School of Medicine in 1903, and died in retirement at the age of 90. He was a cul- tivated gentleman with a pleasant interest in the arts and literature. During the latter part of his life, he acquired a large collection of photographs of masterpieces from museums throughout the
Wilhelm Heinrich ERB
1840–1921
Erb’s fame was made possible by hard work over a long period of time, with close attention to detail.
The son of a woodsman in the Black Forest, Erb studied at Heidelburg. His interest in clinical neu- rology developed when he worked for Friedreich.
Erb was a prolific writer; on returning from his holidays, he usually produced a new piece of work. In all, he wrote 237 papers and several books, one of peripheral nerve diseases, a text- book of spinal cord diseases, and another on electrotherapy. In 1880 he succeeded Friedreich at Heidelburg. He founded a journal, and was first President of the Society of German Neurologists in 1907.
Erb did much to give clinical examination of the nervous system its present form. He pointed out the significance and value of pupillary and tendon reflexes. He is remembered for his account of brachial plexus injuries.
In manner he was brusque and intense, and offended people by language unusual in academic circles; he was more respected than loved.
Medical administration, education and local politics were subsidiary interests. He died, it is
