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Thomas J. Gill IVAssociate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolChief, MGH Sports Medicine ServiceHarvard has a long history of innovation and leadership in sports medicine. Augustus Thorndike, A.B. 1884, M.D. 1888, at the Massa
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chusetts General Hospital is considered the father of sports medicine because he recognized the special health risks faced by athletes. Because he understood those, he developed the first helmets to be used in football and hockey.The consistent use of such protective gear and the provi
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sion of specialized medical care for athletes is a relatively recent development. The first piece of protective equipment in American sports, the baseball catcher s mask, was developed at Harvard. The mask was worn by James A. Tyng, A.B. 1876, in either a game between Harvard and the Boston Red Stockings that year or between Harvard and the Live Oaks team from Lynn
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in 1877.Catchers had started to inch closer to home plate to better field bunts, throw out base runn Qlwb UN commander meets with Lebanese, Israeli officers after last week s exchange of fire
In a reflection of the growing momentum for disarmament in Afghanistan, over 500 former fighters laid down their weap
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ons in a 48-hour period, a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country UNAMA said today.Between Friday and Saturday, 588 Afghan soldiers and officers handed over their arms to Afghanistan s New Beginnings Programme, Manoel de Almeida e Silva told reporters in Kabul. So far 26,569 members of the Afghan Military Forces have disarmed.In another development, a UNAMA-backed 16-month training programme for the
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Afghan Judiciary wrapped up today. The program involved over 450 judges and prosecutors, around 150 of them from Kabul, the remainder from the provinces, Mr. de Almeida e Silva said, adding that about a third of the participants were women. Each trainee received 300 hours of practical instruction on such topics as civil, commercial, administrative an
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d criminal law, as well as codes of conduct for the judiciary.