Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

Operations on club-feet.

BROWN, John Ball (1784 – 1862) Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography

Boston med. surg. J., 21, 153-59. 1839.

Brown was the first surgeon in the United States to specialize in orthopedics, founding the Orthopedic Infirmary of the City of Boston (soon renamed the Boston Orthopedic Institution) in 1838. Brown was also the first in New England to popularize tenotomies for club–feet.

Facet Tags

Surgery & Anesthesia
Genetics & Heredity

Subjects

GENETICS / HEREDITY › HEREDITARY / CONGENITAL DISEASES OR DISORDERS › Hereditary Disorders of the Skeleton › Clubfoot ORTHOPEDICS › Orthopedic Surgery & Treatments › Foot / Ankle Podiatry

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#4322.2
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/5541
Author Bio Link	Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography ↗
External URL	operations-on-clubfeet

Geographic Context

Mentioned in annotation: Boston