The orthopaedic research society. Its first twenty years.

The Orthopaedic Research Society represents one of the many organizations which has contributed to advances necessary to establish orthopedics as a distinct specialty. The foresight and dedication of its founders and leaders undoubtedly stimulated vital musculoskeletal research upon which much of our present day therapy is based. The prodigious growth of the society in a brief twenty years in number of members, papers presented, and, most importantly, in quality of research engendered, reflects the vitality of contemporary orthopedics. Undoubtedly the Society will contunue to serve as a forum where investigators, both experienced and beginner, may present results of their latest attempts to solve the all too many mysteries of the musculoskeletal system.