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.
Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics, also spelled orthopaedic, is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, spine diseases, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders.