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. He was educated at George Watson's College then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating MB ChB in 1910.{{Cite book|last=University of Edinburgh|url=https://archive.org/details/rollofhonour191400univuoft/page/n11/mode/2up|title=Roll of honour, 1914-1919|publisher=Oliver & Boyd|year=1921|location=Edinburgh|pages=442}}
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.{{Cite journal|last=Lyon|first=R L|date=1990-12-22|title=The early days of insulin use in Edinburgh.|url= |journal=BMJ|language=en|volume=301|issue=6766|pages=1452–1454|doi=10.1136/bmj.301.6766.1452|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1679854|pmid=2279173}} He received his doctorate (MD) in 1920 with his thesis The viscosity of the blood{{Cite book|last=Lyon|first=D. Murray|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1842/32569|title=The viscosity of the blood |year=1920|hdl=1842/32569}} and a DSc in 1924 with his thesis Some observations on the action of adrenalin.{{Cite book|last=Lyon|first=D. Murray|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1842/32570|title=Some observations on the action of adrenalin|year=1924|hdl=1842/32570}} 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.{{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_indexp2.pdf|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
From 1936 he was Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1946, he was elected to the Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFqotwAACAAJ|title=The Aesculapian Club of Edinburgh|last=Guthrie|first=Douglas|publisher=University of Edinburgh|language=en}}
He died on 16 November 1956 at 8 Hailes Gardens in Edinburgh.
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),{{Cite web|title=Dr William Malcolm Murray Lyon FRCP Edin|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/obituary/dr-william-malcolm-murray-lyon-frcp-edin|access-date=4 June 2020|website=Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|date=22 February 2016 }} Dr Jean Malcolm Grant (1917-2006){{Cite web|title=Dr Jean Malcolm Grant (née Murray Lyon)|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/obituary/dr-jean-malcolm-grant-nee-murray-lyon|access-date=4 June 2020|website=Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|date=12 September 2013 }} and Dr Rae Llewelyn Lyon (d. 2018).{{Cite news|date=6 February 2018|title=Dr Rae Llewelyn FRCPE LYON M.D.|work=The Scotsman|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/scotsman-uk/obituary.aspx?n=rae-llewelyn-frcpe-lyon&pid=188087600&fhid=33285|access-date=4 June 2020}} He was the cousin of Dr Ranald Malcolm Murray-Lyon (1904-1969), a senior physician at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.{{Cite journal|last=Group|first=British Medical Journal Publishing|date=1969-03-08|title=Obituary Notices|url= |journal=Br Med J|language=en|volume=1|issue=5644|pages=647–650|doi=10.1136/bmj.1.5644.647|issn=0007-1447|pmid=4885616|pmc=1982383}}
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Category:20th-century English medical doctors
Category:Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh