John Cheyne
John Cheyne (born February 3, 1777 in Leith , Scotland , † January 31, 1836 in Sherington , England ) was a Scottish doctor .
Life
John Cheyne, a descendant of George Cheyne , was the son of a surgeon and assisted his father at the age of 13. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1792 to 1795 and graduated with a doctorate in medicine and surgery. He then joined the army as an assistant surgeon in an artillery regiment and took part in the Battle of Vinegar Hill (Wexford, Southeast Ireland). In 1799 he returned to his father's practice in his hometown, where he assisted him for the next ten years, and worked temporarily at the University of Edinburgh .
Cheyne moved in 1811 to Dublin ( Ireland ) and worked at the Meath Hospital. In 1813 he was appointed professor of medicine (1813-1819) at the Royal College of Surgeons , until after four years he was appointed practicing physician at the House of Industry Hospitals by the governor- general of the British crown . His first description of the Cheyne-Stokes breathing , later named after him and William Stokes , was in 1818. His war experiences flowed into lectures on military medicine and in 1820 he was appointed chief physician of the British Armed Forces in Ireland. He spent his later years in Buckinghamshire (from 1831)
In 1814 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
Cheyne suffered from severe depression.
Services
He and William Stokes described Cheyne-Stokes breathing .
Works
- (1801/02). Essays on the Diseases of Children; with cases and dissections. Edinburgh.
- (1803). Essay 2. On the bowel complaints, etc. Edinburgh.
- (1810). A case of apoplexy in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted to fat. In Dublin Hospital Reports and Communications in Medicine and Surgery 2: 216-223.
- (1812). Cases of apoplexy and lethargy; etc. London.
- (1843, posthumously). Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connexion with Religion. . . . With a Portrait and Autobiographical Sketch of the Author. Dublin.
literature
- JB Lyons (1995). John Cheyne's classic monographs. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 4 (1): 27-35.
- D. Tollis (1995). Who were ... Cheyne and Stokes? Nursing Times 91 (14): 40.
- Ulrich Niewöhner-Desbordes: Cheyne, John. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 242.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Niewöhner-Desbordes: Cheyne, John. 2005.
- ^ Ulrich Niewöhner-Desbordes: John Cheyne , in: Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann (eds.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the 20th century , 3rd edition 2006 Springer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, New York p. 80. doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed October 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cheyne, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Scottish doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leith , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1836 |
| Place of death | Sherington , England |