165 years since the birth of Henry Ivanovich Turner

September 29, 2023, is a significant date for Russian medicine. It is 165 years since the birth of an outstanding physician and an honored scientist of the RSFSR, Professor Henry Ivanovich Turner.

A person of high culture and a talented organizer, Professor Turner is widely known in Russia and abroad as a prominent scientist, a unique orthopedic specialist, and a brilliant public figure. His name rightfully stands among great scientists in Russian surgery and orthopedics.

Henry Turner organized and became the head of the first Russian department and clinic of orthopedics in the Military Medical Academy and initiated the foundation of the first Society of Orthopedic Surgeons in the country. He was the first in St. Petersburg to promote “first aid” and physical training for the military. Despite the abundance of his scientific and clinical achievements, he mainly focused on the struggles for the fate of children with musculoskeletal disorders.