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Carroll Glenn Barber
American orthopaedic surgeon, Cleveland, Ohio.
Associated eponyms:
Erlacher-Blount syndrome
Syndrome characterized by osteochondrosis, which affects the upper tibial epiphysis in children, causing progressive bowing of one or both legs in childhood.
Biography:
Carroll Glenn Barber, B.S., M.A., M.D., F.A.C.S, was educated at the Ohio State University and Western Reserve University. He was a Senior Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Western Reserve Univ.; Associate Orthopedic Surgeon, Lakeside Hospital; and Orthopedic Surgeon, St. Vincent Charity Hospital. He lived i Cleveland, Ohio.
When he described the Blount-Barber/Erlacher Blount syndrome in 1942 he was affiliated with the Department of Surgery, Orthopedic Service, Western Reserve University and University Hospitals.
We thank Mats Geijer, Sweden, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Immediate and eventual features of healing in amputated bones.
Annals of Surgery, Philadelphia, December 1929, 90 (6): 985-992.
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