@article{9770a5a7023143e4b3f227068ef5f1a7,
title = "The development of the International Society for Burn Injuries and progress in burn care: The whole is greater than the sum of its parts",
author = "Pruitt, {Basil A.}",
note = "Funding Information: The International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), even though it was not formally established for another six years, had its beginnings at the First International Congress on Research in Burns. That congress, which was sponsored by the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force and the US Public Health Service, under the auspices of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, convened at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD in September 1960. At that first congress, 57 papers were presented by participants from 15 countries. On the final day of the congress, seven speakers, including Curtis P. Artz, Francis D. Moore, James D. Hardy, William A. Altemeier, William D. Holden, Ole J. Malm and Charles M. Pomerat presented summary papers focused on consensus identified problem areas as subjects for clinical and laboratory research [1–7] . The participants considered the meeting such a success that a Second Congress was scheduled. The proceedings were published as a book titled {\textquoteleft}Research in burns{\textquoteright} which was edited by Curtis Artz, who had been coordinator of both the Planning Committee and the Program Committee of the Congress ( Fig. 1 ) [8] . ",
year = "1999",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/S0305-4179(99)00112-6",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "683--696",
journal = "Burns",
issn = "0305-4179",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "8",
}