Joseph Griffiths Swayne

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Joseph Griffiths Swayne

Joseph Griffiths Swayne (born October 18, 1819 in Bristol , † August 1, 1903 ibid) was an English medic and obstetrician.

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Swayne was the second son of John Champeny Swayne, an obstetrics professor at the Bristol Medical School. His grandfather was pastor of Pucklechurch, South Gloucestershire , for nearly sixty years . His mother was the eldest daughter of Doctor Thomas Griffiths, Doctor in Medicine of Saint James Bristol, also from Gloucestershire.

After graduating from Bristol College , Swayne apprenticed to his father while studying at Bristol Medical School and the Royal Infirmary. He later went to Guy's Hospital and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, MRCS and, in 1841, licentiate from the Society of Apothecaries . At times he also studied in Paris and graduated in 1842 with a Bachelor of Medicine MB from the University of London. In 1845 he went to London as a Doctor of Medicine MD and joined his father as a lecturer in obstetrics at the Bristol Medical School. He was the sole lecturer there from 1850 until his retirement in 1895. In 1853 he became an obstetrician at Bristol General Hospital, where he practiced until 1875. Before his time, he placed great emphasis on sanitary measures and banned long hair or beards from anyone who practiced surgery or obstetrics under his aegis.

As early as 1843, together with two other colleagues Frederick Brittan and William Budd (1811-1880) , he examined the sewage of the London sewer system and found comma-shaped microorganisms. In 1849, John Snow and William Budd submitted a paper in which they believed that cholera was caused by living organisms in drinking water.

He married Georgina Gunning († 1865) the daughter of pastor G. Gunning. The couple had a son and a daughter. Joseph Griffiths Swayne traveled to New Zealand in 1858 for health reasons as a passionate painter and made some landscape paintings. Eleven medical professionals, including Swayne's father, founded the Medical Reading Society of Bristol in Bristol in March 1807 and, as its founding charter stated, "for the purpose of promoting medical knowledge and a friendly intercourse among its members, and for purchasing medical books ". Swayne was also a member of this professional society from 1845 to 1858.

Swayne died suddenly on August 1, 1903. He was buried in Arno's Vale Cemetery in Bristol.

Works (selection)

  • JG Swayne; W. Budd: An account of certain organic cells in the peculiar evacuations of cholera. Lancet , 1849, 54: 398-399.
  • Obstetric Aphorisms: For the Use of Students Commencing Midwifery Practice. J. & A. Churchill, London 1884
  • Remarks on the Effects of Forceps Delivery on the Infant. Br Med J. 1878 Sep 28; 2 (926): 459-60.
  • The Use of the Forceps in the First Stage of Labor. Br Med J. 1877 Apr 28; 1 ​​(852): 508-9.
  • Remarks on Adhesion of the Placenta. Br Med J. 1875 Jun 19; 1 (755): 801-3.
  • Case of Puerperal Convulsions. Br Med J. 1873 Jun 14; 1 (650): 668-9.
  • On the Use of Obstetric Instruments. Br Med J. 1869 Jan 23; 1 (421): 72-3.

literature

  • Milton Wainwright: Microbiology before Pasteur. Microbiology Today, Vol. 28 / Feb. 01, p. 20
  • F. Fowke: On the First Discovery of the Comma-Bacillus of Cholera. British medical journal 03/1885; 1 (1264): 589-92

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Humphry Davy Rolleston; Elizabeth Baigent: Swayne, Joseph Griffiths (1819-1903), obstetric physician. In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 2004
  2. ↑ Biographical data of the Swayne family ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rootsandleaves.com
  3. ^ Wikisource William Budd
  4. ↑ JG Swayne; W. Budd: An account of certain organic cells in the peculiar evacuations of cholera. Lancet, 1849, 54: 398-399.
  5. ^ PE Brown: John Snow - the autumn loiterer. Pp. 519-528, online
  6. ↑ Milton Wainwright: Microbiology before Pasteur. Microbiology Today, Vol. 28 / Feb. 01, p. 20
  7. ↑ Watercolor of Pegasus Bay and Canterbury Plains in New Zealand ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rootsandleaves.com
  8. ^ Anaesthesia, Cholera and the Medical Reading Society of Bristol, online
personal data
SURNAME Swayne, Joseph Griffiths
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English medic and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Bristol
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1903
Place of death Bristol