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.
Orthopedics was first developed to treat children who had crippling or debilitating diseases. In fact the word âorthopedicâ is derived from the Greek words âortho,â meaning straight, and âpais,â meaning children or pediatric. Modern orthopedic physicians treat everyone, no matter their age.