Leslie Thomas Morton 1907–2004

Leslie Thomas Morton 1907–2004

Obituary LESLIE THOMAS MORTON 1907±2004 Leslie Morton, who died on 17 February at the age of ninety-six, had a distinguished career as a medical librarian, but was known to the world of medical history and bibliography as compiler of the indispensable reference work`Garrison-Morton'. Several of his friends spent time as juniors at the Wellcome Library. Leslie turned down a post there in 1930, b...

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Tarnished idol: William Thomas Green Morton and the introduction of surgical anesthesia

skills. A study of surgery as craftsmanship awaits its author. Bonney made money. He operated in nursing homes and toured the West End in two slick cars, one for himself and another going ahead to set up his equipment in private houses. He lived in the style that pre-war teachers had cultivated. He had homes in the West End and Herefordshire. He gave frequent elegant dinner parties. Politically...

Evolvability LESLIE

Living organisms function in accordance with complex mechanisms that operate in different ways depending on conditions. Darwin’s theory of evolution suggests that such mechanisms evolved through variation guided by natural selection. However, there has existed no theory that would explain quantitatively which mechanisms can so evolve in realistic population sizes within realistic time periods, ...

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