HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPEDICS IN SARATOV (1918-1960)
The paper studies the process of institutionalization of traumatology and orthopedics. The authors use archival materials to describe the first attempts to create department of traumatology and orthopedics in Saratov, show the evolution of research in traumatology and orthopedics, and conclude that it took almost half a century to create the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics in the Saratov Medical Institute.