David Douglas Cunningham
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David Douglas Cunningham (29 September 1843 – 31 December 1914) was a Scottish
doctor
and researcher into cholera
.
He was born in 1843, in Prestonpans
, the third son of the Rev. William Bruce Cunningham (1806–78) and Cecilia Margaret Douglas (1813–98), daughter of David Douglas, Lord Reston
(1769–1819), the heir of Adam Smith
.
He attended the Queen Street Institution in Edinburgh, and graduated with Honours in Medicine from Edinburgh University in 1867.
He entered the Indian Medical Service in 1868, and was selected to conduct a special enquiry into cholera
by the Secretaries of State for India and for War. He studied for a time in Munich, and arrived in Calcutta in January 1869. In June 1879 he was appointed Professor of Physiology in the Medical College, Calcutta
, where he was much engaged in the investigation of cholera. he was appointedSurgeon Major of the Bengal Medical Service by 1888 and Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India. He was selected as the Naturalist for the Tibet Mission of 1886 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889 . In June 1893 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
He retired due to ill-health in 1898. He was appointed Honorary Physician to George V
. Publications: "Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances: A Study of the Ways of Birds and other Animals Frequenting India" (John Murray, 1903); "Plagues and pleasures of life in Bengal" (John Murray, 1907).
He was unmarried, and died on 31 December 1914. See Obituary Notice from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1915, B. Vol 89 pp. xv-xx.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and researcher into cholera
Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
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He was born in 1843, in Prestonpans
Prestonpans
Prestonpans is a small town to the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the unitary council area of East Lothian. It has a population of 7,153 . It is the site of the 1745 Battle of Prestonpans, and has a history dating back to the 11th century...
, the third son of the Rev. William Bruce Cunningham (1806–78) and Cecilia Margaret Douglas (1813–98), daughter of David Douglas, Lord Reston
David Douglas, Lord Reston
David Douglas, Lord Reston was a Scottish judge and the heir of Adam Smith.He was born on 24 July 1769, in Strathendry, the fifth and youngest son of Col...
(1769–1819), the heir of Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
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He attended the Queen Street Institution in Edinburgh, and graduated with Honours in Medicine from Edinburgh University in 1867.
He entered the Indian Medical Service in 1868, and was selected to conduct a special enquiry into cholera
Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
by the Secretaries of State for India and for War. He studied for a time in Munich, and arrived in Calcutta in January 1869. In June 1879 he was appointed Professor of Physiology in the Medical College, Calcutta
Medical College Kolkata
Medical College,Kolkata was established 1835 as Medical College, Bengal in Kolkata, India as the first college of European medicine in Asia...
, where he was much engaged in the investigation of cholera. he was appointedSurgeon Major of the Bengal Medical Service by 1888 and Honorary Surgeon to the Viceroy of India. He was selected as the Naturalist for the Tibet Mission of 1886 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1889 . In June 1893 he was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
He retired due to ill-health in 1898. He was appointed Honorary Physician to George V
George V
George V was king of the United Kingdom and its dominions from 1910 to 1936.George V or similar terms may also refer to:-People:* George V of Georgia * George V of Imereti * George V of Hanover...
. Publications: "Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances: A Study of the Ways of Birds and other Animals Frequenting India" (John Murray, 1903); "Plagues and pleasures of life in Bengal" (John Murray, 1907).
He was unmarried, and died on 31 December 1914. See Obituary Notice from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1915, B. Vol 89 pp. xv-xx.