Malcolm Morris (dermatologist)Malcolm Alexander Morris (17 August 1849 – 19 February 1924) was an English surgeon who specialised in skin diseases and was the founding president of the British Association of Dermatologists.[1] He was also well known for his role in medical publishing. He studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital.[2] Following his death, a memorial fund was established to fund an annual lecture on "the preventive aspects of public health and dermatology".[3] PublishingMorris became the medical editor for Cassell & Co. in the 1880s.[2] He started by editing the Book of Health, which included contributions by William Savory, Lauder Brunton and Joseph Fayrer.[2] He was also responsible for publishing works by Frederick Treves, whom he was to succeed as chair of the London Radium Institute.[2] References
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