Charles Walker Cathcart, was a Scottish surgeon who worked for most of his career at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE). As a young man he had represented Scotland at rugby on three occasions. During the First World War he jointly published an account of the value of sphagnum moss as a wound dressing which led to its widespread use by the British Army for that purpose.
- Occupation
- rugby union player, surgeon
- Born
- March 16, 1853
- Died
- February 22, 1932
