Albert Clifford Morson

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Albert Clifford Morson
OBE
Occupation Urologist
Medical career
Institutions St Peter's Hospital for stone
Awards St Peter's Medal (1954)

Albert Clifford Morson OBE, (1881 - 5 January 1975), was a surgeon who pioneered radiotherapy treatments for urinary tract cancers. After the First World War, he was appointed assistant surgeon to St Peter's Hospital for stone, with Peter Freyer, and became consultant in 1923. In 1933, he was elected president of the Section of Urology of the Royal Society of Medicine and, in 1947, he became president of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS). [1] [2] [3]

In 1954 he was awarded the BAUS's St Peter's Medal. [4]

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References

  1. J. D. F. (25 January 1975). "Obituary Notices: Albert Clifford Morson". British Medical Journal . 1 (5951): 216–218. ISSN   0007-1447. PMC   1672094 . PMID   1089448.
  2. Zorgniotti, Adrian W. Chapter 7. Suprapubic prostatectomy: An Anglo-Indian success story in Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy edited by Frank Hinman. Springer-Verlag, New York (1983), pp. 51- 54. ISBN   978-1-4612-54768.
  3. "Clifford Morson | The British Association of Urological Surgeons Limited". www.baus.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. "Medals & Awards". www.baus.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021.