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History of Patient Education at Shriners Children's
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Patient-Education-History May 18, 2022Since its establishment, Shriners Children’s has made an effort to ensure its patients keep up with their schoolwork.
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The First Shriners Hospital
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/First-Photo-Shreveport May 24, 2022The hospital, located at the corner of Kings and Samford in Shreveport was dedicated on April 20, 1923.
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1934 Letter to Patient Family
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/1934-Letter May 18, 2022This letter was written by Margaret Watson, then superintendent of Shriners Children’s Springfield, to a patient’s family.
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Spinal Cord Injury Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Spinal-Cord-Injury-Care-History May 18, 2022In the 1980s, Shriners Children’s identified another need in pediatric medical care – rehabilitation for spinal cord injuries.
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Shriners Children's Burn Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Burn-Care-History May 18, 2022At Imperial Session in Toronto in 1962, the committee offered a resolution to add burn care to the health care system’s list of specialties.
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First Shriners Children’s Patient
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/First-Braces May 18, 2022Aileen, a little girl with clubfoot, is considered to be the first patient of Shriners Hospitals.
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Pedograph
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/1920s-Pedograph May 19, 2022The pedograph was a medical device patented in 1923 by Podiatrist Dr. William Mathias Scholl that was used at our hospitals to determine the way a patient’s foot was placed on the ground.
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Shriners Children's Cleft Lip and Palate Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Cleft-Lip-and-Palate-Care-History May 18, 2022In 2005, the Joint Boards of Directors of Shriners Children’s and Shriners International officially added treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate to the healthcare system’s care disciplines.
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Bone Lengthening Device
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/1930s-Bone-Lengthening-Device May 19, 2022This device was used in the early years of Shriners Children’s to lengthen the bones of patients with limb length discrepancies.
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Shriner Story: Meet John-Michael Phillips
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/Videos/2024/01/passion-for-performance Jan 31, 2024Get to know John-Michael Phillips of Ballut Abyad Shriners, founder of Cause-Players, a cosplay unit for a cause.
