Watson Cheyne's father, Andrew Cheyne, was the eldest of two illegitimate children born to James Cheyne, who was the youngest brother of John Cheyne, the Laird of Tangwick.
17 Facts About Watson Cheyne
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Watson Cheyne's father grew up at Tangwick Haa and went to sea around the age of twelve, rising to command a brig in the Far East at the age of 22.
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Watson Cheyne completed his degree in medicine and surgery in 1875.
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In 1877, the two took positions at King's College Hospital, where Watson Cheyne served as an assistant surgeon, and later as a surgeon from 1880 to 1917 and as a professor of surgery from 1891 to 1917.
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Watson Cheyne was a devoted follower of Lister and his antiseptic surgical methods.
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Watson Cheyne was greatly inspired by the work of German bacteriologist Robert Koch, and translated his work Untersuchungen uber die Aetiologie der Wundinfenktionskrankheiten for the New Sydenham Society in 1880, which greatly enhanced the acceptance of bacteriology in Britain.
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Watson Cheyne had a work published in 1882, Antiseptic Surgery: Its Principles, Practice, History and Results, and later in 1925 a book, Lister and His Achievement.
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The work he did in his early career on bacteria and preventative medicine was highly influenced by Koch, and in Spring 1886, Watson Cheyne visited Koch's laboratory in Berlin and studied his methods.
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Watson Cheyne undertook trials on tuberculin and reported his findings to the RMCS in April 1891.
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Watson Cheyne found that giving repeated doses improved the condition of patients, but rarely acted as a cure.
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Watson Cheyne's paper was recognized as the first important contribution to the topic in France.
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Watson Cheyne was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
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Watson Cheyne served during the Boer War as a consulting surgeon for the British military in South Africa from 1900 to 1901.
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Watson Cheyne was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Orkney and Shetland in 1919.
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Watson Cheyne left London in the early 1920s and retired to Fetlar.
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Watson Cheyne resigned his position as Lord Lieutenant in 1930.
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Watson Cheyne died in 1932 aged 79 at a sanatorium in England after a prolonged illness.