Riccardo GALEAZZI1866–1952

Who’s Who in Orthopedics Up to that point, the eccentric method of restock-

ing St. Thomas’ was as follows: Jim Lovegrove, RJF’s loyal theater assistant, would announce:

“The stores are getting low.” RJF would then inform the team that he would be absent from the next clinic while the Mercedes, wife Eileen and mother-in-law were driven at speed across Europe to Berne. The return journey was nonstop, espe- cially through customs! If they had been appre- hended, the resulting court case would have been legally interesting, for St. Thomas’ never paid for the implants, which were therefore charitable gifts from RJF himself.

Joint Replacement Instrumentation gradually metamorphosed from an import company to man- ufacturing. Interestingly, the first implant it made was the Gunston knee. The first implant to carry the Furlong name was the straight stem hip replacement, which has several features in com- mon with the Exeter hip. The Furlong HAC hip was quite different and, while some hold that

“the jury is still out,” the evidence to date in the opinion of this author is that it will not only stand the test of time but will prove a major orthopedic milestone. It is a combination of British design, technical expertise and metallurgy with German chemistry. The late Dr. Osborn was a German maxillofacial surgeon and, as is so often the case, new materials in orthopedics have once again entered via our “dental” colleagues. Needless to say, in characteristic Furlong style, the inspiration for the design, with its proximal fill to control rotation and its intramedullary stem, came not from expensive testing in biomechanical labora- tories but from observation of a glass stopper in a wine decanter in RJF’s sitting room! The story of JRI, the glossy adverts, the Sheffield factory plus the Queen’s Award are very well recorded in the obituary published in Orthopedic Product

Ronnie Furlong fully deserves the accolade of

“Master Surgeon,” for he was a fine diagnostician with great technical skill. He had flair, charisma and, in addition, late in life displayed remarkable originality. As Professor Müller once remarked,

“Ronnie, we all stop but you go on and on.” His ideas on fixation and hip replacements will remain a landmark even when technology ad- vances. He was a great European surgeon, a great British surgeon and to undergraduates and gradu- ates alike, a great St. Thomas’ surgeon.

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Riccardo GALEAZZI

1866–1952

For 35 years Professor Galeazzi was Director of the Orthopedic Clinic in the University of Milan, and his example and leadership, both in clinical surgery and in research, were a tremendous stimulus to orthopedic progress throughout Italy.

Under his guidance, the Instituto dei Rachitici grew from small beginnings to become an impor- tant orthopedic hospital, and his influence was largely responsible for the inception and devel- opment of rehabilitation centers for the care of the crippled and injured.

His many scientific writings testify to his eru- dition and wide culture; especially to be remem- bered is his great work on scoliosis, to which he devoted a large part of his professional life.

Notable also were his studies of skeletal tuber- culosis, acute arthritis of infants, and juvenile osteochondritis. He made contributions to the treatment of chronic arthritis of adults, to the pathology of osteitis fibrosa, and to the patho- genesis of achondroplasia. He made experimental studies on bone grafts and on epiphysial cartilage transplants, and he was able to review more than 12,000 treated cases of congenital dislocation of the hip. In the field of operative surgery, he intro- duced original techniques for the treatment of poliomyelitic disabilities, congenital foot defor- mities, recurrent dislocation of the shoulder and of the patella, and torn cruciate ligaments of the knee.

Among his many activities he found time to

direct for 35 years the Archivio di Ortopedia, the

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oldest periodical devoted to orthopedics and for many years the official journal of the Italian Orthopedic Society.

Galleazzi’s work was recognized by the conferment upon him of many honors, both in Italy and in many foreign countries. And his great friend and admirer Vittorio Putti collected to- gether a number of important scientific papers in a volume dedicated to his honor.

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Phillipe C.E. GAUCHER

1854–1918

Phillipe C.E. Gaucher, a leading French physician at the turn of the century, described the disease since named after him in 1882 but was not aware of possible bone involvement. Later Pick and Stout published pathologic material demonstrat- ing bone lesions. Others followed and some cases involved hips.

Alfred Baring GARROD

1819–1907

Sir Alfred Baring Garrod of London was an eminent physician. Most of his professional life was devoted to the study of gout. His first book in 1859 established his interest in the field, but his views were established in the more readable third edition of 1876. Gout was known to the ancients and to physicians in all subsequent centuries.

Garrod reviews the history of the great writings

quite comprehensibly in the first chapter of this

book. It was with the publications of this classic

volume that the modern concept of gout began. It

was Sir Alfred’s son, Sir Archibald Edward

Garrod (1857–1936), who later started modern

rheumatology theories with his division of the

arthritic syndrome into rheumatoid arthritis and

osteoarthritis.