Ruth Wynne-Davies or Ruth Blower (1926–2012) was a British medical doctor and scholar of orthopaedics. She researched and wrote about clubfoot and scoliosis.
Ruth Wynne-Davies | |
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| Born | Ruth Blower 1926 London, England |
| Died | 2012 Oxford, England |
Life and career edit
Wynne-Davies was born in London in 1926. She attended Oswestry High School for Girls. After finishing school, she was a land girl. She then worked as a secretary before starting her training in medicine at the Royal Free School of Medicine. She was encouraged and financially supported to do so by her uncle, Llewellyn Wynne-Davies. In 1959, she changed her name to Wynne-Davies, in his honour.[1]
In her early medical career, she worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital as a house officer, then as a surgical registrar at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. After a period of time as a prosector in anatomy at the Royal Free Hospital in London, she became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1960.[2]
She turned her attention to research at University of Edinburgh,[3] completing work on the genetics of clubfoot, and publishing numerous research articles on that subject.[4][5][6] She received a medal from the British Orthopaedic Association. She made significant contributions to research in the field of scoliosis.[3][7][8] She also set up specialist clinics for treating scoliosis in Harlow Wood, Edinburgh, London and Oswestry.[1][8][9][10][11][12]
Wynne-Davies achieved a PhD in 1973 for her thesis on the aetiology of scoliosis, before becoming a reader in orthopaedics. She took early retirement from the University of Edinburgh in 1981, moving to Oxford.[13] There, she studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education.[1]
She died in Oxford in 2012.[1][14]
In 2018, Wynne-Davies was found to be the most highly-cited British author of works on spinal deformity.[15]
Publications edit
- James, John Ivor Pulsford, Zorab, P.A., & Wynne-Jones, Ruth (1967) Scoliosis. E & S Livingstone[3]
- Wynne-Davis, Ruth (1973) Genetic and Other Factors in the Aetiology of Scoliosis. University of Edinburgh[7]
- Wynne-Davies, Ruth, Hall, Christine M. & Apley, Alan Graham (1985) Atlas of Skeletal Dysplasias. Churchill Livingstone[16]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Robson, Lynn (4 February 2016). "Ruth Wynne-Davies". St Hilda's Oxford.
- ^ "Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1926 - 2012)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ a b c James, John Ivor Pulsford; Zorab, P. A.; Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1967). Scoliosis. E. & S. Livingstone. ISBN 9780443005367.
- ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1964). "FAMILY STUDIES AND THE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CLUB FOOT * Talipes Equinovarus, Talipes Calcaneo-valgus and Metatarsus Varus". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 46: 445–63. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.46B3.445. PMID 14216453. S2CID 39056187.
- ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth (May 1972). "Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Talipes Equinovarus". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 84: 9–13. doi:10.1097/00003086-197205000-00003. PMID 5032855.
- ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1 August 1964). "Talipes equinovarus". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 46-B (3): 464–476. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.46B3.464. ISSN 0301-620X.
- ^ a b Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1973). Genetic and Other Factors in the Aetiology of Scoliosis. University of Edinburgh.
- ^ a b Riseborough, Edward J.; Wynne-Davies, Ruth (July 1973). "A Genetic Survey of Idiopathic Scoliosis in Boston, Massachusetts". JBJS. 55 (5): 974–982. doi:10.2106/00004623-197355050-00006. ISSN 0021-9355. PMID 4760104.
- ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1 February 1968). "Familial (idiopathic) scoliosis". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 50-B (1): 24–30. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.50B1.24. ISSN 0301-620X.
- ^ Vanderpool, D. W.; James, J. I. P.; Wynne-Davies, Ruth (April 1969). "Scoliosis in the Elderly". JBJS. 51 (3): 446–455. doi:10.2106/00004623-196951030-00002. ISSN 0021-9355. PMID 5778283.
- ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1975). "Infantile idiopathic scoliosis: causative factors, particularly in the first six months of life". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 57 (2): 138–41. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.57B2.138. PMID 1141279. S2CID 5854292.
- ^ Fairbank, Sir Harold Arthur Thomas (1975). Fairbank's Atlas of General Affections of the Skeleton. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-443-01399-7.
- ^ "Scoliosis Research Society Newsletter". www.srs.org. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Deaths". Daily Telegraph. 23 March 2012.
- ^ Bertram, W.; Nelson, I.; Harding, I.; Nelson, I. (1 October 2014). "The top 25 most influential great british spine deformity publications". Orthopaedic Proceedings. 96-B (SUPP_15): 20. doi:10.1302/1358-992X.96BSUPP_15.BSS2014-020 (inactive 31 January 2024). ISSN 1358-992X.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link) - ^ Wynne-Davies, Ruth; Hall, Christine M.; Apley, Alan Graham (1985). Atlas of skeletal dysplasias. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 9780443030475.