David Murray Lyon

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David Malcolm Murray Lyon FRSE DPH (1888-1956) was an English physician and medical author. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1945–47, and was editor of the Edinburgh Medical Journal.

Life

He was born in Wooler in Northumberland on 12 September 1888. He was the son of Ebinizer (sic) Campbell and William Malcolm Lyon, a veterinary surgeon.[1] He was educated at George Watson's College then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB ChB in 1910.[2]

In the First World War he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Cavalry Field Ambulance and saw action in both Rouen and Mons. After the war he became Assistant physician at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary under Jonathan Meakins, jointly working on insulin research, and being joined by Charles George Lambie from 1922.[3] He received his doctorate (MD) in 1920 with his thesis The viscosity of the blood[4] and a DSc in 1924 with his thesis Some observations on the action of adrenalin.[5] In 1924 he became Professor of Therapeutics at the University of Edinburgh. In the same year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Lorrain Smith, Jonathan Campbell Meakins, James Hartley Ashworth, and George Barger.[1]

From 1936 he was Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.[1] In 1946, he was elected to the Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh.[6]

He died on 16 November 1956 at 8 Hailes Gardens in Edinburgh.[1]

Publications

  • The Essentials of Medical Treatment (1940)

Family

He was married to Edith Dona Lloyd. Their children included Dr William Malcolm Murray Lyon (1920-2015),[7] Dr Jean Malcolm Grant (1917-2006)[8] and Dr Rae Llewelyn Lyon (d. 2018).[9] He was the cousin of Dr Ranald Malcolm Murray-Lyon (1904-1969), a senior physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ University of Edinburgh (1921). Roll of honour, 1914-1919. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. p. 442.
  3. ^ Lyon, R L (22 December 1990). "The early days of insulin use in Edinburgh". BMJ. 301 (6766): 1452–1454. doi:10.1136/bmj.301.6766.1452. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1679854. PMID 2279173.
  4. ^ Lyon, D. Murray (1920). The viscosity of the blood. hdl:1842/32569.
  5. ^ Lyon, D. Murray (1924). Some observations on the action of adrenalin. hdl:1842/32570.
  6. ^ Guthrie, Douglas. The Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh. University of Edinburgh.
  7. ^ "Dr William Malcolm Murray Lyon FRCP Edin". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Dr Jean Malcolm Grant (née Murray Lyon)". Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Dr Rae Llewelyn FRCPE LYON M.D." The Scotsman. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ^ Group, British Medical Journal Publishing (8 March 1969). "Obituary Notices". Br Med J. 1 (5644): 647–650. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5644.647. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 1982383. PMID 4885616. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)