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Harold Lloyd
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Harold-LloydHarold Lloyd an actor, comedian and stunt performer, served as the 1949-1950 Imperial Potentate of Shriners International.
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Walter M. Fleming, Cofounder of Shriners International
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Walter-M-Fleming-CofounderWalter M. Fleming, M.D. is considered to be the cofounder of Shriners International.
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Spinal Cord Injury Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Spinal-Cord-Injury-Care-HistoryIn the 1980s, Shriners Children’s identified another need in pediatric medical care – rehabilitation for spinal cord injuries.
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Shriners Children's Burn Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Burn-Care-HistoryAt Imperial Session in Toronto in 1962, the committee offered a resolution to add burn care to the health care system’s list of specialties.
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Sam Briggs, P.I.P.
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Sam-BriggsSam Briggs of Al Koran Shriners was elected Imperial Potentate, only the second in the organization’s history.
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Shriners Children's Cleft Lip and Palate Care History
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/Cleft-Lip-and-Palate-Care-HistoryIn 2005, the Joint Boards of Directors of Shriners Children’s and Shriners International officially added treatment of cleft lip and cleft palate to the healthcare system’s care disciplines.
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Bone Lengthening Device
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/1930s-Bone-Lengthening-DeviceThis device was used in the early years of Shriners Children’s to lengthen the bones of patients with limb length discrepancies.
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Pedograph
https://www.shrinersinternational.org/en/News-and-Events/News/2022/05/1920s-PedographThe pedograph was a medical device patented in 1923 by Podiatrist Dr. William Mathias Scholl that was used at our hospitals to determine the way a patient’s foot was placed on the ground.