Medicine: Breakbones, Bonesetters

As the foremost cripple in the world, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons wanted President Roosevelt to attend their banquet in Manhattan last week. They asked one of their colleagues. Dr. Michael Hoke. the President's good friend and surgeon-in-chief of Georgia

Warm Springs Foundation, to extend the banquet invitation. President Roosevelt regretted that he could not leave Washington, "but I do want to tell you . . . that [your] aim happens to be one of the undertakings closest to my own heart. It is largely through the work of some men who have...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!