# John Chiene > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Chiene > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Chiene.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chiene > Source revision: 1333867872 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Scottish surgeon (1843–1923)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union | image = John Chiene. Etching by W. Hole, 1884. Wellcome V0001116.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | term_start = 1873 | term_end = 1874 | successor = [Albert Harvey](/source/Albert_Harvey) | term_start2 = 1877 | term_end2 = 1878 | predecessor2 = [William Hamilton Kidston](/source/William_Hamilton_Kidston) | successor2 = [George Raphael Fleming](/source/George_Raphael_Fleming) | order = 1st | order2 = 5th | office2 = President of the Scottish Rugby Union |birth_date ={{birth date|1843|02|25|df=y}} |birth_place =[Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), [Scotland](/source/Scotland) |death_date = {{death date and age|1923|05|29|1843|02|25|df=y}} |death_place = }} thumb|Professor John Chiene thumb|Prof Chiene (front centre) with staff and students of Edinburgh University Medical Faculty, 1903 thumb|26, 27, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh [[File:The grave of John Chiene, Dean Cemetery.jpg|thumb|The grave of John Chiene, [Dean Cemetery](/source/Dean_Cemetery)]] '''John Chiene''', [CB](/source/Order_of_the_Bath), [FRSE](/source/Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh), [FRCSEd](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_Edinburgh) (25 February 1843 – 29 May 1923) was a [Scottish](/source/Scottish_people) surgeon, who was professor of surgery at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) during some of its most influential years. He was a founder of the Edinburgh Ambulance Service. The Chiene Medal is presented as an annual prize in surgery at the university. He served as president of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1897 to 1899.[https://library.rcsed.ac.uk/media/1253/gd10-papers-of-john-chiene.pdf The Papers of John Chiene]{{Cite journal|date=1923|title=John Chiene|journal=Edinburgh Medical Journal|volume=30|issue=7|pages=285–288|issn=0367-1038|pmc=5286069}} ==Life== Chiene was born at Howard Place in Edinburgh{{Cite web|title=George Todd Chiene & Son |work=chiene.co.uk |date=n.d. |access-date=2016-09-29 |url=http://www.chiene.co.uk/About_Us/George_Todd_Chiene_and_Son.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082535/http://www.chiene.co.uk/About_Us/George_Todd_Chiene_and_Son.aspx |archive-date=2016-03-04 }} on 25 February 1843, the son of George Todd Chiene, a [chartered accountant](/source/chartered_accountant).{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb779-gd10|title=Chiene, John (1843-1923) - Archives Hub|website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk|access-date=2019-09-22}} He attended [Edinburgh Academy](/source/Edinburgh_Academy) from 1854 to 1860, gaining prizes in mathematics. While at school at the Academy he was a friend of author [Robert Louis Stevenson](/source/Robert_Louis_Stevenson). He then studied medicine in various prestigious centres of learning: [Paris](/source/Paris), [Berlin](/source/Berlin) and [Vienna](/source/Vienna) before qualifying MD with honours at the University of Edinburgh in 1865.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=6 October 2015|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}} He served as house surgeon to Professor [James Syme](/source/James_Syme) in the [Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Infirmary_of_Edinburgh) and then worked as a demonstrator in anatomy under professor [John Goodsir](/source/John_Goodsir). In 1867 he became a Fellow of the [Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_Edinburgh). He then became a lecturer in surgery at the extra-mural medical school, where he established his reputation as a teacher. At the same time he worked at the New Town Dispensary, then relocated from Thistle Street to 13 York Place. In 1871 he was appointed to the [Edinburgh Royal Infirmary](/source/Edinburgh_Royal_Infirmary) as an Assistant Surgeon under Professor [Joseph Lister](/source/Joseph_Lister), being promoted to full Surgeon in 1878. In 1872 Chiene was elected a member of the [Harveian Society of Edinburgh](/source/Harveian_Society_of_Edinburgh) and served as president in 1903.{{Cite book|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ww4e59xv|title= A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society|last=Watson Wemyss|first=Herbert Lindesay|publisher=T&A Constable, Edinburgh|year=1933|language=en}} He was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) in 1874, his main proposer being Sir [Robert Christison](/source/Robert_Christison). In 1892 he was elected a member of the [Aesculapian Club](/source/Aesculapian_Club).{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fAEC%2f1&pos=2|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}} From 1882 to 1909 he performed a critical and hugely influential role as Professor of Surgery at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh), replacing Professor [James Spence](/source/James_Spence_(surgeon)) in this role.{{cite journal|title=Prof. John Chiene |journal=Nature |volume=112 |issue=2802 |year=1923|pages=61–62 |issn=0028-0836 |doi=10.1038/112061a0|doi-access=free |bibcode=1923Natur.112...61. }} His candidature received letters of support both from [Joseph Lister](/source/Joseph_Lister%2C_1st_Baron_Lister) and [Louis Pasteur](/source/Louis_Pasteur). Through his teaching many major surgical advances were made which, through his many students, had a major impact around the globe. Through the 1880s his assistant was [Dr Alexander Edington](/source/Alexander_Edington). On his retirement in 1909 the faculty presented him with a bronze medal.{{Cite web | title = Medal, presented to Prof. John Chiene on his retirement | work = collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk | date = n.d. | access-date = 2016-09-29 | url = http://collectionsonline.nmsi.ac.uk/detail.php?type=related&kv=8095767&t=objects }} He was succeeded in the Chair of Surgery by [Professor Henry Alexis Thomson](/source/Henry_Alexis_Thomson).{{cite journal | title=HENRY ALEXIS THOMSON, C.M.G., M.D., F.R.C.S.Eng. and Edin | journal=British Medical Journal | volume=1 | issue=3298 | pages=499–501 | date=15 March 1924 | pmc=2303969 | doi=10.1136/bmj.1.3298.499 }} In 1900 he is listed as living at 26 [Charlotte Square](/source/Charlotte_Square), one of Edinburgh's most prestigious addresses, and the part of the central pavilion on the south side.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1 He was elected President of the [Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_Edinburgh) for 1897 to 1899. His life-long friend, [Sir John Halliday Croom](/source/John_Halliday_Croom) was also his neighbour, living at 25 [Charlotte Square](/source/Charlotte_Square).{{cite journal | title=SIR JOHN HALLIDAY CROOM, M.D., LL.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S.Edin | journal=British Medical Journal | volume=2 | issue=3275 | pages=633–635 | date=6 October 1923 | pmc=2317249 | doi=10.1136/bmj.2.3275.633 }} In the [Boer War](/source/Boer_War) he served as Consulting Surgeon to the Field Forces in [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). At this time the government then paid him the huge sum of £5000 per annum.{{cite book|last=Crichton-Harris|first=Ann |title=Poison in Small Measure: Dr. Christopherson and the Cure for Bilharzia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8yKwCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |year=2009 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-474-2885-5|pages=79–}} His service was recognised by his appointment in 1902 s a [Companion of the Order of the Bath](/source/Order_of_the_Bath) (CB). He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1897 to 1899. Chiene was awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. Chiene retired to "Aithernie", a large villa in [Davidson's Mains](/source/Davidson's_Mains) on the west side of Edinburgh.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office ditectory 1911-12 He died in Edinburgh on 29 May 1923. He is buried in [Dean Cemetery](/source/Dean_Cemetery) in western Edinburgh, just south-west of the main entrance with his wife Elizabeth Mary Lyall (1843-1932), and children, Fanny (d.1900) and George L. Chiene FRCSEd (1873-1951). ==Sporting recognition== Chiene served as [President of the Scottish Rugby Union](/source/President_of_the_Scottish_Rugby_Union). Also a keen golfer he was Captain of the Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society and presented the Chiene Cup, originally a trophy won by golfers linked to Edinburgh University and later broadened to any member. ==Publications== *Lectures on Surgical Anatomy 1878 (illustrated by [Philibert Charles Berjeau](/source/Philibert_Charles_Berjeau)) *''Looking Back''{{Cite journal | title = Francis Mitchell Caird, M.B., C.M., F.R.C.S.E., LL.D | last = MacLaren-Thompson | first = I | journal= Canadian Medical Association Journal|volume=17|issue=1| pages = 127–128 | date = January 1927 | pmc = 406913 }} ==Positions held== *President of the Royal Medical Society 1865 *President of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) 1897-99 *Member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society *President of the Harveian Society 1903. ==Notable students== *[George Ernest Morrison](/source/George_Ernest_Morrison) *[Sir Harold Stiles](/source/Harold_Stiles) ==Family== Chiene married Elizabeth Mary Lyall (1843-1932) in Edinburgh 1869. They had two daughters Isabella (b1871), Fanny (d1900) and two sons, George L Chiene (b 1873-1951) and Hall Campbell Chiene (b 1874).{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/auth/familysearch/login?returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fpedigree%2Flandscape%2FKC99-XPW&display=tree|title=FamilySearch|website=www.familysearch.org|access-date=2019-09-22}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chiene, John}} Category:1843 births Category:1923 deaths Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Category:Scottish surgeons Category:Scottish medical writers Category:Academics of the University of Edinburgh Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Category:Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy Category:Presidents of the Scottish Rugby Union Category:Office bearers of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh Category:Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John Chiene](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chiene) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Chiene?action=history)). 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