Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Morrison, Thomas
MORRISON, THOMAS (d. 1835?), medical writer, studied at Edinburgh in 1784, but subsequently removed to London, Where he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1798 he was in practice at Chelsea, but by 1806 appears to have settled in Dublin. In the ‘List of Members of the Royal College of Surgeons’ in 1825 his address is given as Vale Grove, Chelsea. His name disappears from the lists before 1829. He died apparently at Dublin in 1835 (Post Office Directory of Dublin, 1807 and 1835). He published: 1. ‘Reflections upon Armed Associations in an Appeal to the Impartial Inhabitants of Chelsea,’ &c., 8vo, London, 1798. 2. ‘An Examination into the Principles of what is commonly called the Brunonian System,’ 8vo,London [1806] 3. ‘The Pharmacopœia of the King and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland, translated into English with observations,’ 8vo, Dublin, 1807. He also contributed two papers to Duncan’s ‘Annals of Medicine,' 1797 (ii. 240 and 246).
[List of Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1825; Reuss’s Register of Authors; Watt’s Bibl. Brit.; Dict. of Living Authors, 1816.]