David SILVER1873–1946

on the piano. He said that he once, very nearly, joined a well-known dance band instead of doing medicine! Thankfully, he changed his mind.

He died in Sheffield on 31 March 2001 after a stroke and a disabling illness lasting 2 years. He leaves his wife Peta, and two sons, and a son and daughter from his first marriage.

place of orthopedic surgery in the medical school curriculum.

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David SILVER

1873–1946

David Silver was born in Wellsville, Ohio, March 16, 1873, the son of David Silver and Nancy Elizabeth Hammond Silver. He was graduated from Exeter Academy and Harvard University.

After he had received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School in 1899, he did postgraduate work in Germany and Austria until 1901. Soon after his return to the United States, he entered upon his practice in Pittsburgh.

He actually established orthopedic surgery in Pittsburgh, and achieved outstanding success in this field.

Dr. Silver was professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh for many years, and later was professor emeritus. He was head of the orthopedic department of the Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, for 30 years. From the time of its establishment in 1919 until 1944, he was in charge of the D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. He was consulting orthopedic surgeon at the Chil- dren’s Hospital, Pittsburgh Hospital, and the Industrial Home for Crippled Children. He was orthopedic consultant for the United States Army during World War I, in the Surgeon General’s office.

Harry M. SHERMAN

1854–1921

Harry Sherman was clinical professor of orthope-

dic surgery in the medical department of the Uni-

versity of California. Elected to the American

Orthopedic Association in 1889, he became one

of its most active members and in 1900 was

elected president. An original thinker, a brilliant

surgeon and an honest seeker after truth, he

refused to accept the current methods of treat-

ment. He was one of the first to advocate early

operation in tuberculosis of the hip (1893)

because of the slow unsatisfactory course of cases

treated conservatively. He practiced excision of

the knee in children and took care to conserve the

epiphysial cartilage (1897). He had the courage

to report unsatisfactory results with the Lorenz

reduction of congenital hip dislocation at a time

when other orthopedic surgeons were lavish in

their praise of the method. His presidential

address was devoted to the same theme as that

of his modern successor, Le Roy Abbott—the