Draft:Gerald L Burke
Gerald Louis Burke | |
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| Born | 29 December 1906 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Education | Medecini Doctoris,1938 |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
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| Years active | 30 |
| Known for | Backache from Occiput to Coccyx |
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Gerald Louis Burke, MD (born 29 December 1906) was a Canadian medical researcher, academic, and author of "Backache from Occiput to Coccyx", and contributor to "Suspensionthérapie et pouliethérapie - Guide pratique by Bernard Grumler, published by Sauramps Médical. Burke was also a pioneer in the metallurgical refinement, manufacture and use of tantalum metal plates and fasteners for the repair of bone fractures.
Later career
Burke's early research was focused on the use of metals in surgery, and his pioneering research was published in 1940 under "The Corrosion of Metals in Tissues; an Introduction to Tantalum"[1] Burke described his team's use of tantalum in arthroplasty joint replacement, femoral and intertrochanteric fractures, and for dental and jaw surgery prior to developing fittings for dental implants. Burke's discovery of the value of biologically inert metals like tantalum and titanium, and his engineering of the manufacturing processes[2] , led to the now widely accepted use of these metals in orthopaedic surgery and dentistry.
Burke's subsequent work in the field of chronic joint pain was first mentioned in Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery [3]
Burke wrote and published in 1964 Backache from Occiput to Coccyx<ref>Template:Cite text title="Backache from Occiput to Coccyx" explaining a baffling and challenging medical issue.
- ^ {{cite journal |date=Aug 1940 |title=THE CORROSION OF METALS IN TISSUES; AND AN INTRODUCTION TO TANTALUM |publisher=Canadian Medical Association Journal |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20321780/%7Caccess-date=30 October 2024
- ^ Template:Cite journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal
- ^ Template:Cite journal=Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery