Microbes and the Fetlar Man: The Life of Sir William Watson Cheyne

A major biography of a meticulous man with a restless and pioneering imagination. His life - as eminent surgeon, early researcher in medical bacteriology, ally of Lister, MP, and intrepid traveller - emerges from family and community memory and detailed archival study. Illustrated with rare images, from family photographs to scenes of the Boer War.