- James Rutherford Morison
James Rutherford Morison (1853–1939) was a British
surgeon who was a native ofCounty Durham . In 1874 he graduated from theUniversity of Edinburgh , and as a young man was an assistant and "surgical dresser" toJoseph Lister (1827-1912). Later he became a surgeon at the Newcastle Royal Infirmary and a professor at theUniversity of Durham . He was considered by his students to be an excellent teacher.He is remembered for the eponymous "
Morison's pouch ", which is also known as the hepatorenal recess, an anatomical space between the under surface of theliver and the rightkidney . His name is also associated with a surgical incision forcholecystectomy (Rutherford Morison incision), and a medical instrument (Rutherford Morison tissueforceps ).During
World War I he was stationed at the Northumberland War Hospital, where he introduced a paste for treatment of contaminated wounds. This substance was to become known as "BIPP", an acronym forbismuth iodoform parafin paste.References
* cite book
title=Medical Lives in the Age of Surgical Revolution
author=M. Anne Crowther, Marguerite W. Dupree
year=2007
publisher=Cambridge University Press
isbn=0521835488
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dbf90o4kk2QC&pg=PA349&lpg=PA349&dq=%22james+rutherford+morison%22&source=web&ots=x4M2PI5G3v&sig=gDJzZp2fsR74pdB5-FtPt5W6W_0
* [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:dqmliQbUevQJ:archive.surgeonsnews.info/docs/issue1-1/pdfs/lives.pdf+%22James+Rutherford+Morison%22+cholecystectomy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Short Biography of James Rutherford Morison]
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