Over his long career, Toronto-born orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Robert W. Jackson (1932-2010), gathered a collection of orthopaedic artifacts. The collection is significant given Dr. Jackson’s role in bringing arthroscopy into the orthopaedic mainstream. During a year-long research trip to Japan that began in 1964, Dr. Jackson encountered the surgical group led by Dr. Masaki Watanabe (1911 – 1995). Working with them, he became familiar with the arthroscopic tools and techniques that Japanese researchers had developed over several decades.
Dr. Jackson’s collection documents the evolution of arthroscopic surgery over a critical period from the 1960s through the 1990s. It also covers many other elements of the field’s development over that period. It is a valuable source for understanding the progress of orthopaedic research in Canada. Currently catalogued items in the Robert W. Jackson Arthroscopy Collection, as well as a detailed collection description, can be found at this link.
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