[Ads-l] Antedating of "Orthopedics"

[Shapiro, Fred]

orthopedics (OED 1853)

1840 Medical Examiner 10 Oct. 650 ff. (ProQuest)  The true orthopaedics of the eye, i.e., its acquiring the right position after the operation.

Fred Shapiro

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