Daniel Murray Cheston was born on 23 February 1843 in West River, Md. During the Civil War Cheston served in the Army as an acting medical cadet (1862-1864) attached to Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia. He received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1864 and set up private practice in Philadelphia, where he became a Resident Physician to Episcopal Hospital (1864-1865) and a Physician to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1865-1885). He was a member of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia, the Obstetrical Society of Philadelphia, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the American Medical Association. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians on 1 January 1868. Circa 1905 he retired to Harwood, Md. Cheston died on 22 December 1919 while visiting Philadelphia.
From the description of Notes on Prof. F.G. Smith's lectures on physiology and the institutes of medicine, University of Penna., 1863-1864. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364968
From the description of Notes of Prof. Wm. Pepper's lectures on principles and practice of medicine, University of Penna, 1864 / D.M. Cheston. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122540269
