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Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?

Sean P Hughes1, G Anne Davies1

  • 1Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.

Journal of Medical Biography
|March 23, 2022
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Keywords:
Fracture /Dislocations of AnkleGranville Sharp. Johan ZoffanyGuillaume von DupurtrenPercivall PottWilliam Sharp

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