She was born May 12, 1820, to William âWENâ and Frances âFannyâ Nightingale in Florence, Italy. Her parents named her after the city she was born in; just over two years earlier they had named her sisterâFrances Parthenope âPartheââafter Parthenopolis, a Greek settlement now part of Naples, Italy.
Some of the conditions and diseases an orthopaedic surgeon treats include: 1  Abnormalities of the fingers and toes. 2  Back pain, ruptured disks, sciatica and scoliosis.  Bone tumors, muscular dystrophy and cerebral palsy.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica states that orthopedists are also concerned with the skeletal system's associated structures, including muscles. The central concern of orthopedics is preserving and restoring the skeletal system's best possible function. In the past, orthopedists mostly treated traumatic bone and muscle injuries.