Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax

Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax
Born	(1874-02-28)28 February 1874 London, England
Died	19 February 1955(1955-02-19) (aged 80)
Known for	Slipping rib syndrome
Relatives	Annjuta Kellgren (wife), James Henry Cyriax (son), Anna Violet Cyriax (daughter), Mary Elizabeth Cyriax (daughter)
Medical career
Profession	Physician

Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax (28 February 1874 - 19 February 1955) was an English-Swedish orthopedic physician and physiotherapist from London, United Kingdom. He is known for his work in gymnastics, manipulative treatment, and the first written description of slipping rib syndrome.

Biography

Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax was born in Canonbury,[1] London on 28 February 1874 to Julius Friedrich Theodor Cyriax, from Germany, and Anna Lina Antonia Romana Eckenstein.[2]

In 1899, Cyriax married Annjuta (Anna) Kellgren, daughter of Jonas Henrik Kellgren, Cyriax's mentor.[3] Together they had James Cyriax, Anna Violet Cyriax, and Mary Elizabeth Cyriax.[2]

Cyriax obtained his medical degree at Edinburgh University in 1901,[4] then later graduated from the Kungliga Gymnastika Central Institut in Stockholm, Sweden.

He founded the North American Academy of Manipulative Medicine together with James Mennell.[5][6] The first written description of slipping rib syndrome was described by Cyriax in 1919, who called it "Cyriax syndrome".[7]

He was 80 years old when he died on February 19, 1955, in London, England.[2] After his death, Cyriax's collection of notes, writings, and journals of gymnastics and manipulative treatment were donated to the Wellcome Library by his family.[8]

Bibliography

• The elements of Kellgrens Manual Treatment. New York: W. Wood and Co., 1904.
• Bibliographia gymnastica medica. 1909.
• Some new facts in the anatomy of certain movements. Journal of Anatomy, London, 1917, 51: 396-399.
• On various conditions that may simulate the referred pains of visceral disease, and a consideration of these from the point of view of cause and effect. 1919, 102: 314-322.
• On "Concentrating" and "Centrifugal" Vibrations. 1920, 93(4): 165-171.
• On the rotary movement of the wrist. Journal of Anatomy, 1926, 60: 199-201. PMCID: PMC5925686[9]
• Minor displacements of the sacro-iliac joints. The British Journal of Physical Medicine, London, 1934, 8: 191-193.

References

1. "Dr. Anna Kellgren-Cyriax". The Dinner Puzzle. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
2. "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
3. "Papers of: Cyriax, Edgar Ferdinand (1874-1955) - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
4. Cyriax, Edgar Ferdinand (1901). "The elements of Kellgren's manual treatment". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
5. "Manual Medicine". www.AAOMED.org. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
6. Pettman, Erland (2007). "A History of Manipulative Therapy". The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy. 15 (3): 165–174. doi:10.1179/106698107790819873. ISSN 1066-9817. PMC 2565620. PMID 19066664.
7. "Edgar Ferdinand Cyriax". www.whonamedit.com. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
8. "Cyriax, Edgar Ferdinand (1874-1955)". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
9. Cyriax, Edgar F. (April 1920). "On "Concentrating" and "Centrifugal" Vibrations". Glasgow Medical Journal. 93 (4): 165–171. ISSN 0367-4800. PMC 5925686. PMID 30435188.