title: Arnold Pavlik (1902-62): an autobiography.
abstract: Professor Arnold Pavlik, a Czech orthopaedic surgeon, became famous mainly for the development of a functional, active method of treating developmental dysplasia of the hip, in his time called congenital dislocation of the hip. A translation is presented of the autobiography Pavlik prepared to achieve his doctorate in medical sciences, but which his early death in February 1962 denied him.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Orthopedics Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. bialikv@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bialik
mesh_terms: D018153:Czech Republic; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000266:history*; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000266:history*