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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 78:1135-7 (1996)
© 1996 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

The Renaissance Revisited*

RONALD C. HILLEGASS, M.D.{dagger}, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

*Presidential Address. Read at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Orthopaedic Association, Rome, Italy, October 13, 1995.


   Introduction
 
The Eastern Orthopaedic Association is very fortunate to have its twenty-sixth Annual Meeting in Rome. Rome! The very word brings vivid images to the mind. There is the grandeur of Imperial Rome with the Colosseum and the Forum. Christian Rome and its importance are exemplified by Saint Peter's and the Vatican. Renaissance Rome is noted for its masterpieces of art.

Along with Florence and Venice, Rome cradled the Renaissance. No one person is more associated with the art of this period than Michelangelo. When thinking about my Presidential Address, I was certainly influenced by the fact that the meeting was in Rome.

I have now practiced for enough years to have some perspective on the history of orthopaedic surgery. In my opinion, I have been fortunate to live through a period that represents the true rebirth, or renaissance, of orthopaedic surgery. Thus, my subject for today: the Renaissance revisited.

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