Ashton Byrom Morrison

Born 1922
Died

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American pathologist, born 1922.

Biography of Ashton Byrom Morrison

In addition to pancreatic cholera, Ashton Byrom Morrison's areas of research included chronic renal insufficiency and nephropathies. Morrison held a series of professorships at the medical schools for Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Rochester, before settling at Rutgers University Medical School, first as professor and chairman of the Department of Pathology, and eventually as dean.
(Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.)

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