George Gray Turner

George Gray Turner, 1947

George Gray Turner (born September 8, 1877 , probably in North Shields , England ; † August 23, 1951 ) was an English surgeon , after whom the Gray Turner symbol is named.

Life

After studying at the Newcastle medical school at Durham University , he worked in Newcastle, London and Vienna. In 1914 he became a professor and in 1927 a professor at Durham University, later also professor at the Postgraduate Medical School in London. In 1946 he became president of the International Society of Surgeons .

George Gray Turner traveled the world at a young age and was received by the Pope, Mussolini and the kings of Spain and Italy at the time. He was active in early oncological research , where he anticipated the principle of chemotherapy ( Some encouragements in cancer surgery. Bristol, 1925). During World War I he served in the Royal Medical Corps , where, after the Battle of Cambrai, he made one of the first attempts to remove a bullet from near the heart of a soldier, which he did not succeed.

literature

• Richard B. Welbourn: George Gray Turner, 1877–1951. Centenary Celebration at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School. In: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Vol. 60, No. 4, 1978, p. 298, PMID 352226 .
• Harvey White: An outstanding ISS / SIC surgeon: George Gray Turner. In: World Journal of Surgery . Vol. 27, No. 5, 2003, pp. 511-513, PMID 12715212 .
• Robert J. Willan: George Gray Turner. In: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Vol. 9, No. 4, 1951 pp. 274-276, PMID 14878365 .

Web links

• George Gray Turner at whonamedit.com