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Edward Beadon Turner (September 1854 – 30 June 1931)〔(Edward Turner player profile ) Scrum.com〕 was an English medical doctor and medical administrator. Turner was a powerful orator and made himself available to multiple medical committees. A staunch advocate of private medicine he disliked the movement to the nationalisation of medical health. A lifelong devotee of sport and athletics, he was a rugby union player of some note while a youth. He played club rugby for St. George's Hospital and gained his first of three international caps when he was selected for England in 1875. ==Personal history== Turner was born in Chigwell, England in 1854. He was educated at Uppingham School before being accepted into St George's Hospital, where he qualified in 1876.〔(Edward Beadon Turner FRCS ) British Medical Journal, 11 July 1931, page 81〕 He gained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1891, and took up a private practice near Hyde Park in London.〔 In 1912 he became a member of the Council of the British Medical Association,〔(Edward Beadon Turner FRCS ) British Medical Journal, 11 July 1931, page 82〕 continuing to rise through the association as a Division chairman in 1913, and then President of the Metropolitan Counties Branch Council, from 1927-28.〔 Throughout his professional career, Turner was a member of numerous committees and medical bodies. During the First World War, he was the vice-chairman of the Central Medical War Committee under Sir Jenner Verrall. He was also a member of the Medico-Political Committee, Ministry of Health Committee, the Science Committee, Parliamentary Elections Committee and the Ophthalmic Committee.〔 As a member of the BMA, Turner was in constant demand for special committees, bodies set up to explore a specific medical concern. He was a major voice in the National Council for Combating Venereal Disease, and had an interest in the diseases both scientifically and socially.〔 Among his medical appointments, he was a visiting apothecary to his old College of St. George's Hospital, physician to St. Mary's College at Lancaster Gate and consulting physician at Princess Helena College.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Beadon Turner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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