title: The physician who invented basketball.
abstract: Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University School of Medicine, and Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Piedmont Hospital (Fuqua Heart Center), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. j.cantwell@cardioga.com
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cantwell
mesh_terms: D001490:Basketball / Q000266:history*; D002170:Canada; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014481:United States