John Cheyne (physician)

John Cheyne
John Cheyne Engraving by John Cochran after a portrait by W. Deey
Born	3 February 1777 Leith, Scotland
Died	31 January 1836 (1836-02-01) (aged 58) Buckinghamshire, England
Alma mater	Edinburgh University
Known for	Cheyne–Stokes respiration
Scientific career
Fields	medicine

Dr John Cheyne FRSE (3 February 1777 – 31 January 1836) was a British physician, surgeon and author of monographs on a number of medical topics. He was one of the people to identify Cheyne–Stokes respiration.

Life

He was born in Leith, the son of John Cheyne, a local doctor. He was educated at Leith Grammar School then the High school in Edinburgh.

Having grown up around medical practice he was able to enter Edinburgh University at the age of 15, graduating as a doctor at 18 years of age. He joined the army and worked as a surgeon with an artillery corps. He was present at the Battle of Vinegar Hill. Cheyne rejoined his father's practice four years later in 1799.

Ten years later, Cheyne moved to Dublin and in 1811 began working at the Meath Hospital. He also taught war medicine and was appointed Physician General to British forces in Ireland in 1820. He retired to England in 1831 following a course of ill health and died at his country estate a few years later.

Cheyne wrote a number of books, including Essays of Diseases of Children in 1801. He was also the author of an early treastise on the larynx in 1809, Pathology of the Membrane of the Larynx and Bronchia. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1814.

With Francis Barker, he published a two-volume work on fever epidemics in Ireland, in 1821.

He died in Sherrington.

Publications

• Essays on the Diseases of Children: With Cases and Dissections (1802)
• The Pathology of the Membrane of the Larynx and Bronchia (1809)
• Cases of Apoplexy and Lethargy: With Observations Upon the Comatose Diseases (1812)
• Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in Supposed Connexion with Religion (1843)

References

• Doyle, D (December 2006). "Eponymous doctors associated with Edinburgh, Part 2--David Bruce, John Cheyne, William Stokes, Alexander Monro Secundus, Joseph Gamgee". The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 36 (4): 374–81. PMID 17526135. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
• Pearce, J M S (May 2002). "Cheyne–Stokes respiration". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 72 (5): 595. doi:10.1136/jnnp.72.5.595. PMC 1737878. PMID 11971044. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
• Tollis, D (1995). "Who were ... Cheyne and Stokes?". Nursing times. 91 (14): 40. PMID 7731827. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
• Lyons, J B (March 1995). "John Cheyne's classic monographs". Journal of the history of the neurosciences. 4 (1): 27–35. doi:10.1080/09647049509525624. PMID 11619012. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
• Sternbach, G L (1985). "John Cheyne and William Stokes: periodic respiration". The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 3 (3): 233–6. doi:10.1016/0736-4679(85)90078-2. PMID 3912428. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)
• Bendiner, E (June 1984). "The Dublin school: from poverty, a rich legacy". Hosp. Pract. (Off. Ed.). 19 (6): 221–47. PMID 6427248. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |laydate=, |laysummary=, and |laysource= (help)

External links

• John Cheyne - at Who named it?