Ruth Wynne-Davies

Ruth Wynne-Davies or Ruth Blower (1926–2012) was a British doctor and scholar of orthopaedics. She researched and wrote about clubfoot and scoliosis.

Ruth Wynne-Davies
Born
Ruth Blower

1926
London
Died2012
Oxford
NationalityBritish
TitleFRSC, MB BS, PhD , BA.

Life and career

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 a piece of work on the genetics of clubfoot, and publishing a number of 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, publishing articles, books,[3][7][8] and setting up specialist clinics for its treatment in Harlow Wood, Edinburgh, London and Oswestry.[1][8][9][10][11][12]

She 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]

Publications
  • 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[15]

References
  1. Robson, Lynn. "Ruth Wynne-Davies". St Hilda's Oxford.
  2. "Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1926 - 2012)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  3. James, John Ivor Pulsford; Zorab, P. A.; Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1967). Scoliosis. E. & S. Livingstone.
  4. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1964). "FAMILY STUDIES AND THE CAUSE OF CONGENITAL CLUB FOOT * Talipes Equinovarus, Talipes Calcaneo-valgus and Metatarsus Varus" (PDF). The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.46B3.445.
  5. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (May 1972). "Genetic and Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Talipes Equinovarus". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (1976-2007). 84: 9–13. doi:10.1097/00003086-197205000-00003. PMID 5032855.
  6. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1964-08-01). "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.
  7. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1973). Genetic and Other Factors in the Aetiology of Scoliosis. University of Edinburgh.
  8. 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.
  9. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1968-02-01). "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.
  10. 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.
  11. Wynne-Davies, Ruth (1975). "Infantile idiopathic scoliosis: causative factors, particularly in the first six months of life" (PDF). The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 57 (2): 138–41. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.57B2.138. PMID 1141279.
  12. Fairbank, Sir Harold Arthur Thomas (1975). Fairbank's Atlas of General Affections of the Skeleton. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-443-01399-7.
  13. "Scoliosis Research Society Newsletter". www.srs.org. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  14. "Deaths". Daily Telegraph. 23 Mar 2012.
  15. Wynne-Davies, Ruth; Hall, Christine M.; Apley, Alan Graham (1985). Atlas of skeletal dysplasias. Churchill Livingstone.
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