TAYLOR, CHARLES FAYETTE (1827-99). A celebrated American orthopedic surgeon, born in Williston, Vt., and educated at the University of Vermont. The year 1857 he spent in London, studying the Swedish movement cure under Roth. Subsequently he settled in New York City, and was one of the first to introduce the movement cure (q.v.) into this country. Dr. Taylor early became a specialist in orthopaedic surgery, in which he was very successful. He was especially skillful in devising original appliances to meet deformities. Among his inventions are the Tay lor splint for treatment of curvature of the spine and the long extension hip splint. He was the founder of the New York Orthopaedic Dispensary and Hospital, of which he was the executive sur geon for many years. Taylor established in New York City an institute for the treatment of deformities, which was successfully operated for many years, previously to the organization of the hospital. His publications include: Prin
ciples and Practice of Hygeio-Medical Science, with George H. Taylor (1857) ; The Movement Cure ( 1858) ; The Theory and Practice of the Movement Cure, or the Treatment of Lateral Curvature of the Spine, etc. (1861) ; The Me chanical Treatment of Angular Curvature, or Potts' Disease of the Spine (1865) ; "Spinal Ir ritation" or the Causes of Backache Among American Women (1864) ; Infantile Paralysis and Its attendant Deformities (1867) ; and On the Mechanical Treatment of Disease of the Hip Joint (1873).—Da. HENRY LING TAYLOR, son of C. F. Taylor, is an orthopaedic surgeon of note, and professor of orthopedic surgery in the New York Post-graduate Medical School and Hospital.