Orthopaedic Correspondence Club.

An informal association of orthopedic surgeons, the Orthopaedic Correspondence club was founded by Earl D. McBride, of Oklahoma City, in 1939. Fifty one additional orthopaedic surgeons were each assigned a week to write a letter and thus 52 letters were exhanged per year. Leaders in orthopedic surgery, both in the United States and abroad, have through the years participated in the activities of the club. The club served as a sounding board for ideas subsequently published in professional journals. Sources: "Orthopaedic Correspondence Club" from donor in collection file and "Special Collections: library, Washington University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, 1981, p. 51.