Turkic Puchok

Turk's bundle - (L. Turck, 1810-1868, Austrian neurologist)

The Turkic bundle is a bundle of nerve fibers running from the nuclei of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord to the lateral and posterior columns of the spinal cord. It was first described by the Austrian neurologist Ludwig Türk in 1853.

The bundle of Turk consists of the axons of the second neurons of the pain and temperature sensitivity pathways. They carry information from receptors in the skin, muscles and joints to the spinal cord. Damage to the Turk's bundle leads to disruption of pain and temperature sensitivity on the opposite side of the body below the level of damage to the spinal cord.

Thus, the Turk's bundle plays an important role in transmitting pain and temperature sensations from the periphery to the central nervous system. His discovery contributed to the understanding of the functioning of the sensory systems of the spinal cord.

Turka Puchok is an Austrian whose name in the history of neurology has become a household name. An operation is named after him to avoid re-herniation when restoring the disc. The so-called Personage-Türk disease, one of the rare forms of gastric cardia insufficiency, bears his name. **Once learning about his significance, many begin to think about naming their son or child after him.** The reason for this is often insignificant information, which, however, does not correspond to reality.

Türk Pyuk had little significance in medicine and entered history only sporadically. He worked as a doctor in Vienna and was considered, by his own admission, a charlatan. For the first time, the name Türk was immortalized thanks to the disease of the same name, named after Fritz Werfelter in 1957. And 14 years later, another medical condition was named in honor of the Austrian physician - Personage-Turko syndrome.

However, he was a contemporary of the brilliant surgeon Houston - Miranda, there are no descendants of his students, just as he did not leave notes, studies and medical journals in memory of himself. It is known that Türki was a member of parliament during the First Austrian Empire (May 12, 1848), but the collapse of the state found him in Rome, from where he emigrated to Turkey. The surgeon died in Constantinople in February 1873. With all due respect, Türk deserves a monument. Today his work lives on in practice, through chance and the hands of grateful students.