Thomas Morton (surgeon)
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Thomas Morton (1813–1849) was an English surgeon.


Life

Born 20 March 1813 in the parish of St. Andrew,
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, he was the youngest son of Joseph Morton, a master mariner, and brother of Andrew Morton the portrait painter. He was apprenticed to James Church, house-surgeon to the
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, and then in 1832 became a medical student at
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. Admitted a member of the
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on 24 July 1835, Morton was appointed house-surgeon at the North London Hospital under Samuel Cooper, unusually being reappointed when after one year of office. In 1836 he was made demonstrator of anatomy jointly with Mr. Ellis, a post he held for nine years. In 1842 he became assistant surgeon to the hospital, the first student of the college to join the staff. In 1848 Morton was appointed full surgeon to the hospital on the resignation of
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. He was also surgeon to the Queen's Bench prison in succession to Cooper, his father-in-law. He was a candidate for the professorship of surgery at University College when James Arnott was appointed. Morton committed suicide on 29 October 1849, at his house in
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, London.


Works

Morton's works were: * ''Surgical Anatomy of the Perinseum'', London, 1838. * ''Surgical Anatomy of the Groin'', London, 1839. * ''Surgical Anatomy of Inguinal Herniæ'', London, 1841. * ''Anatomical Engravings'', London, 1845. * ''Surgical Anatomy'', with William Cadge, London, 1850. They were illustrated by his brother Andrew Morton, and lithographed by William Fairland.


Family

Morton married Mary Ann, the only daughter of Samuel Cooper, the author of the Surgical Dictionary, and they had one daughter. He is buried with his brother Andrew on the west side of
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.


Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Thomas 1813 births 1849 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English surgeons English medical writers Suicides in Bloomsbury Suicides by poison