t JOHN MORGAN, A.M. (M.D., Univ. Edin., 1763.)
b. Phila., 1735; d. Phila., Oct. 15, 1789.
s. Evan Morgan and _____ .
Entered May 25, 1754.
Physician.
Prof. Theory and Pract. Med., 1765-79, this being the first establishment of a medical professorship in Am. Phys.
Penna. Hosp., 1773-77 and 177S-S3.
Direc. Gen. Hosps. and Phys. in Chief, Am. Army, 1775-77.
F- R- S., 1762.
Mem. Royal Soc, London.
Mem. Royal Acad. Surg., Paris, 1764.
Mem. Arcadian Belles Lettres Soc., Rome, 1764.
Licentiate Roval Coll. Phvs., London and Edin., 1765.
Mem. Am. Phil. Soc, 1766.
Fell. Coll. Phys., Phila., 1787.
Author,
-- "A Discourse upon the Introduction of Medical Schools in Phila." ,
-- "Dissertation on the Reciprocal Advantages of a Perpetual Union between Great Britain and her American Colonies," for which he received a gold medal from John Sargent of London, 1766.
-- "A Recommendation of Inoculation, according to Baron Lonsdale's Method."
-- "[...], Sive Tentamen Medicum de Puris Confectione, " his graduation thesis at Univ. Edin., etc.
m. Mary, dau. Hon. Thomas Hopkinson.
See Keith. Geo. W. Norris' Early Hist. Med., Phila. Thacher. Carson's Hist. Med. Dept. Univ. Penna. Appleton, Ruschenberger, Allibone.
Memoir by Dr. Benj. Rush.