The origin of bonesetting -treatment and replacement of joints- is lost in the mist of antiquity. In historical development of medicine, there are many references to the practice of bonesettings by qualified and unqualified practicioners (who take up the practice of healing wihout having had any formal training in the accepted medical procedures of the day). Although Hugh Owen Thomas, non-interventionist philosophy was far from popular, what really upset his collegues was the fact that he, a total unknown provincial, had chosen to criticise some of the most distinguished figures in the land. Almost to a man the profession decided that Thomas was not a gentleman.

The origin of bonesetting -treatment and replacement of joints- is lost in the mist of antiquity. In historical development of medicine, there are many references to the practice of bonesettings by qualified and unqualified practicioners (who take up the practice of healing wihout having had any formal training in the accepted medical procedures of the day). Although Hugh Owen Thomas, non-interventionist philosophy was far from popular, what really upset his collegues was the fact that he, a total unknown provincial, had chosen to criticise some of the most distinguished figures in the land. Almost to a man the profession decided that Thomas was not a gentleman.