Richard Morton ( born Richard Morton [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] , 1637 - 1698 ) is an English physician , MD [2] [3] , one of the outstanding doctors of the seventeenth century [ 2] [3] , a member of the Royal College of Physicians [2] [3] and a priest [2] [3] .
| Richard Morton | |
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| English Richard Morton | |
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| Date of Birth | 1637 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | 1698 |
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| A country | Great Britain |
| Scientific field | the medicine |
Biography
Richard Morton was born in 1637 [1] [2] [3] [4] .
After graduating from Oxford, he chose to be in the church, eventually becoming a priest in Staffordshire [2] [3] . Morton was unable to comply with the Uniformity Act and left Staffordshire [2] [3] . He disappeared for eight years, but reappeared in 1670 [2] [3] .
It is not known where Morton received his medical education and there is nothing in his letters indicating where he spent eight years between 1662 and 1670 [2] [3] . He is believed to have been in Holland for part of those eight years, studying at Leiden University [2] [3] . He received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oxford [2] [3] .
In 1678, Richard Morton was elected a member of the Royal College of Physicians [2] [3] .
Morton left a lasting memory in the form of the book Phthisiologia , which addresses all aspects of tuberculosis [2] [3] .
Richard Morton is credited with the earliest medical descriptions of a disease such as anorexia nervosa [6] .
About his first patient, Richard Morton writes:
| ... and in the eighteenth year of her life, in the month of July, she fell into complete depression from many worries and passions in her mind, but without any symptoms of hypochromia following this ... her appetite began to decline, and her digestion became bad, her flesh became lethargic and friable, and she looks pale ... |
The girl consulted with Dr. Morton after she had been ill for two years, and only because she experienced frequent fainting . Morton described her as “a skeleton only clad in skin ”.
Richard Morton died in 1698 [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Publications
- Phthisiologia [2] [3] [4] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Richard Morton (1637–1698)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Richard Morton (1637–98) and his Phthisiologia
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Richard Morton (1637–98) and his Phthisiologia
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Short biographies of the worthies of Worcestershire: Richard Morton
- ↑ 1 2 Richard Morton's Phthisiologia
- ↑ 1 2 Richard Morton: Origins of Anorexia nervosa
Literature
- RR Trail (April 1, 1970 ). Richard Morton (1637-1698) . Med Hist 14 (2): 166-174.
- Keers RY (January 1982 ). Richard Morton (1637–98) and his Phthisiologia . Thorax 37 (1): 26-31.