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Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (June 17, 1837–July 4, 1900) was a Scottish
Scotland

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 gynecologist who described what became known as the Skene's glands.

Skene was born in Fyvie
Fyvie

Fyvie is a small village in the region of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road. Fyvie is host to Fyvie Castle reputed to be home to some of the ancient Scotland kings....
, Scotland
Scotland

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 on June 17, 1837. At the age of 19, he went to America. He studied medicine in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, then Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, and finally at the Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital

Long Island College Hospital is a teaching hospital situated at Hicks and Amity Streets in Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, New York.Founded in 1858, the hospital has 516 beds....
 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
 graduating in 1863. After a brief military service he entered private practice in Brooklyn and advanced to become Professor of Disease of Women at Long Island College Hospital.

Skene wrote over 100 medical articles and several textbooks.






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Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (June 17, 1837–July 4, 1900) was a Scottish
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 gynecologist who described what became known as the Skene's glands.

Skene was born in Fyvie
Fyvie

Fyvie is a small village in the region of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.It lies alongside the River Ythan and is on the A947 road. Fyvie is host to Fyvie Castle reputed to be home to some of the ancient Scotland kings....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 on June 17, 1837. At the age of 19, he went to America. He studied medicine in Toronto
Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, then Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, and finally at the Long Island College Hospital
Long Island College Hospital

Long Island College Hospital is a teaching hospital situated at Hicks and Amity Streets in Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, New York.Founded in 1858, the hospital has 516 beds....
 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
 graduating in 1863. After a brief military service he entered private practice in Brooklyn and advanced to become Professor of Disease of Women at Long Island College Hospital.

Skene wrote over 100 medical articles and several textbooks. He contributed many surgical instruments and improved on surgical techniques. Primarily, he is remembered for his description of the Skene's glands at the floor of the urethra
Urethra

In anatomy, the urethra is a tube which connects the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. The urethra has an excretory function in both sexes to pass urine to the outside, and also a reproductive function in the male, as a passage for semen....
. He also described their infection - skenitis.

As a sculptor, Skene created a bust of J. Marion Sims
J. Marion Sims

J. Marion Sims, born James Marion Sims was a surgical pioneer, considered the father of American gynecology. However, modern historians have noted that many of his major contributions were the result of extensive experimentation on slaves....
, which is on display in the lobby of the Kings County Medical Society. A bust honoring him is located in Prospect Park
Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

Prospect Park is a 585-acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Brooklyn, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden....
 Plaza (also known as Grand Army Plaza
Grand Army Plaza

Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York is an 11-acre oval plaza that forms the main entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York. It was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1867....
).

Skene died in his summerhouse in the Catskills, New York on July 4, 1900.

See also

  • Paraurethral glands
  • Skene's gland
    Skene's gland

    In human anatomy , the Skene's glands are glands located on the anterior wall of the vagina, around the lower end of the urethra. They drain into the urethra and near the urethral opening....


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