Morison, James R. (1853-1939)

Born 1853.

Professor of Surgery, University of Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Instruments;

Morison's retractor

A large flat bladed retractor used in abdominal surgery

Sayings/Aphorisms;

• A swelling which has most of the characteristics of, but is not, an aneurysm, is a sarcoma
• Cellulitis occurring in children is never primary in the cellular tissues, but secondary to an underlying bone infection

Described;

Cambell de Morgan spots

raspberry red raised spots on the trunk. They increase in size and number with age. They do not empty with compression, differentiating them from spider naevi. They are also known as senile angioma.