title: An orthopaedic case contributed substantially to the first malpractice crisis in the United States in the nineteenth century.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, White 535, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jherndon@partners.org
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Herndon
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000266:history*; D011859:Radiography; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014481:United States