Joseph Griffiths Swayne
Joseph Griffiths Swayne (1819–1903) was an English obstetric physician. He is now known for investigations on cholera, which may have anticipated the discovery of the responsible micro-organism by Robert Koch
Life
Born on 18 October 1819 in Bristol, he was the second son of John Champeny Swayne, a lecturer on midwifery in the Bristol medical school; his mother was the eldest daughter of Thomas Griffiths, an apothecary in Bristol. After education at Bristol college, where one of his teachers was Francis William Newman, he was apprenticed to his father and at the same time studied at the medical school and the Bristol Royal Infirmary.[1][2]
Swayne went on to
As a reputed consultant, Swayne had a large practice in the west of England. He was ahead of his time in stressing
Works
By 1843 Swayne was investigating cholera.
Swayne published papers in medical journals, and Obstetric Aphorisms for the Use of Students (1856; 10th edit. 1893), which was translated into eight languages.[1]
Family
Swayne married Georgina (died 1865), daughter of the Rev. George Gunning of Deeping. They had one son and one daughter.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36384. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- JSTOR 25314177
- ISBN 978-0-19-513544-2.
- JSTOR 25271959
External links
- Obituary, The Bristol Medical-Chirurgical Journal, September 1903 (PDF) with portrait by Villiers & Quick of Bristol
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Swayne, Joseph Griffiths". Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 3. London: Smith, Elder & Co.