A Journey from Crooked Trees to Modern Care at Ashok One Hospital, Mumbai Straightening the Record: Who Was Nicolas Andry? Did you know the word “orthopaedics” traces its roots to a French physician, Nicolas Andry (1658–1742)[1][2][3]? In 1741, at the age of 80, Andry published the ground-breaking book L’orthopédie in Paris. He brought together the Greek words orthos (straight) and pais (child) to coin a term for a new medical discipline aimed at straightening and strengtheni