Morrison, H. (Hyman), 1881-

Hyman Morrison (1881-1963), A.B., 1905, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; M.D., 1908, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, was a visiting physician at Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, a clinical professor of medicine at Tufts College Medical School (now Tufts University School of Medicine) in Medford, Massachusetts, and Chief of Medicine at Boston State Hospital, Massachusetts. Morrison's main areas of research included Jewish nervous disorders, including extensive work contesting the diagnosis of “Hebraic debility,” tuberculosis of the appendix, and the life and work of physicians Reginald Heber Fitz (1843-1913) and Thomas Hodgkin (1798-1866).

Hyman Morrison was born in October 1881 in Vilna, Russia. He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1893. Morrison attended English High School in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, and, after graduation, was accepted to Harvard University. He received an A.B. degree with high distinction from Harvard University in 1905; during his time at Harvard, he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He moved immediately into the Harvard Medical School and graduated with his M.D. in 1908.

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