- John Cheyne (physician)
Infobox Scientist
name =John Cheyne
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caption = John Cheyne
birth_date =February 3 1777
birth_place =Leith ,Scotland
death_date =January 31 1836
death_place =Buckinghamshire ,England
residence = British
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field =medicine
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alma_mater =Edinburgh University
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known_for =Cheyne-Stokes respiration
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footnotes =John Cheyne (
February 3 1777 ,Leith ,Scotland -January 31 1836 ,Buckinghamshire ,England ) was a British physician, surgeon and author of monographs on a number of medical topics. He was one of the people to identifyCheyne-Stokes respiration .The son of a surgeon, he had grown up around medical practice and 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 theBattle 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.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 retired to England in 1831 following a course of ill health and died at his country estate a few years later.
References
*cite journal
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year=2006|month=Dec.title=Eponymous doctors associated with Edinburgh, Part 2--David Bruce, John Cheyne, William Stokes, Alexander Monro Secundus, Joseph Gamgee
journal=The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
volume=36
issue=4
pages=374-81
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last=Pearce
first=J M S
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year=2002|month=May.title=Cheyne-Stokes respiration
journal=J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr.
volume=72
issue=5
pages=595
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last=Tollis
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year=|month=title=Who were ... Cheyne and Stokes?
journal=Nursing times
volume=91
issue=14
pages=40
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last=Lyons
first=J B
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year=1995|month=Mar.title=John Cheyne's classic monographs
journal=Journal of the history of the neurosciences
volume=4
issue=1
pages=27-35
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pmid = 11619012
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last=Sternbach
first=G L
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year=1985|month=.title=John Cheyne and William Stokes: periodic respiration
journal=The Journal of emergency medicine
volume=3
issue=3
pages=233-6
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pmid = 3912428
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last=Bendiner
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year=1984|month=Jun.title=The Dublin school: from poverty, a rich legacy
journal=Hosp. Pract. (Off. Ed.)
volume=19
issue=6
pages=221-47
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* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1127.html John Cheyne] - at "Who named it?"
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