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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) began as the Transactions of the American Orthopedic Association with the publication of that association's annual meeting proceedings of 1887 and 1888. Volume XVI of the Transactions of the American Orthopedic Association became Volume I of the American Journal of Orthopedic Surgery, and in 1919, when the Journal became the official publication of the British Orthopaedic Association as well, the word American was dropped and the spelling of Orthopedic was corrected to Orthopaedic. In 1948, the American and British volumes were established. Throughout its long history, the major goal of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery has been to improve the quality of the information on which the practice of orthopaedic surgery is based.