page_title: Walter John Kilner
hierarchical_section_title: Walter John Kilner
caption_attribution_description: English: the human atmosphere
context_page_description: Walter John Kilner, M.D. B.A., M.B. M.R.C.P., etc. was a medical electrician at St. Thomas Hospital, London. There, from 1879 to 1893, he was in charge of electrotherapy. He was also in private medical practice, in Ladbroke Grove, London.
  He wrote papers on a range of subjects but is today best remembered for his late study The Human Atmosphere. In 1883, he became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians. In his spare time he was a keen chess player.
context_section_description: Walter John Kilner, M.D. B.A., M.B. (Cantab.) M.R.C.P., etc. (1847–1920) was a medical electrician at St. Thomas Hospital, London. There, from 1879 to 1893, he was in charge of electrotherapy. He was also in private medical practice, in Ladbroke Grove, London. 
  He wrote papers on a range of subjects but is today best remembered for his late study The Human Atmosphere. In 1883, he became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians. In his spare time he was a keen chess player.
caption: The Human Aura in a healthy woman, after Kilner's diagram (colour has been added for clarity only)
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