# Austin Meldon

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**Austin George Meldon** (26 August 1844 – 28 April 1904) [F.R.C.S.](/source/F.R.C.S.), [D.L.](/source/Doctor_of_Letters) was an Irish [surgeon](/source/Surgeon) and writer.

## Career

Meldon became a Licentiate of the [Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_in_Ireland) in 1864.[1] He became a Licentiate of the [King and Queen's College of Physicians](/source/King_and_Queen's_College_of_Physicians) in 1865. Meldon authored medical papers on [cholera](/source/Cholera), diseases of the skin and [gout](/source/Gout).[1] He was a member of the [British Medical Association](/source/British_Medical_Association) and attended the annual meeting in Dublin in 1887. Meldon married twice. He had two sons and one daughter.[1] His sons were [George Edward Pugin Meldon](/source/George_Meldon_(cricketer,_born_1875)) and James Austin Meldon.[2]

Meldon rejected the [uric acid](/source/Uric_acid) theory as a full explanatory for gout. He promoted his own "neuro-humoral theory" which held that gout and rheumatism were caused by a depressed condition of the nervous system.[3][4][5]

Meldon was buried at [Glasnevin Cemetery](/source/Glasnevin_Cemetery).[1]

## Selected publications

- [*A Treatise on Diseases of the Skin and its Appendages*](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100478384) (1872)
- [*Intravenous Injection of Milk*](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2263348/) (*The British Medical Journal*, 1881)
- [*Pathology And Treatment Of Gout*](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20749828) (*The British Medical Journal*, 1881)
- [*A Treatise on Gout and Rheumatic Gout*](https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100477731) (1886)

## Awards and recognition

Meldon was a double gold medallist in surgery and midwifery and first prizeman in anatomy at the [Catholic University Medical School](/source/Catholic_University_Medical_School).[1] He was appointed surgeon to [Jervis Street Hospital](/source/Jervis_Street_Hospital), a position he held until his retirement.[1]

## References

1. "Austin Meldon, F.R.C.S., D.L". *[The British Medical Journal](/source/The_BMJ)*. **1** (2262): 1110–1111. 1904. [doi:10.1136/bmj.1.2262.1110-d](https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.2262.1110-d). [PMC 2354051](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2354051)

1. ["Edward Liddles's Biographies of Irish Cricketers"](https://irishcricketarchives.org/HISTORY/PLAYERS/106/biography.shtml). *Irish Cricket Archives*. 1904-04-28. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

1. "A Treatise on Gout, Rheumatism, and Rheumatic Gout". *The British and Foreign Medical Review*. **51** (102): 441–444. 1873. [PMC 5150148](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5150148)

1. ["A Treatise on Gout, Rheumatism and Rheumatic Gout"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044103058921&view=1up&seq=278). *[The Dublin Journal of Medical Science](/source/The_Dublin_Journal_of_Medical_Science)*. **57**: 264–265. 1874.

1. Duckworth, Dyce (1881). "On Gout Considered as a Tropho-Neurosis". *[The British Medical Journal](/source/The_BMJ)*. **1** (1056): 463–466. [doi:10.1136/bmj.1.1056.463](https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.1056.463). [PMC 2263540](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2263540). [PMID 20749827](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20749827)

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