MURCHISO.N, CHARLES, 1830-79; b. Jamaica, of Scotch descent. He studied at the university of Aberdeen from 1845 to 1851, obtaining a prize for Greek scholarship, the Balfour medal for skill in plant dissection, and the Thompson prize. After gradu ating at the medical school in 1851 with high honors, he went to Turin, as physician to the • British embassy. On his return in 1852 he resided a short time in Edinburgh, studied in Dublin and Paris, and then accepted the position of professor of chemistry in the. Calcutta medical college. lie remained in India until 1855 and published a treatise on the diseases of that country. He then returned to England, and in London was con nected as lecturer, demonstrator of anatomy, assistant physician, or managing physician with the Wertminster mineral disnensurry fit. Mftrv'm Oralocro ntld tho London Fever •hospitals. Besides many medical and scientific contributions to the
Lancet and other journals, he published several treatises, the most important of which were Diseases of the Liver and Continued Fevers of Great Britain. In 1871 he was appointed professor of the principles and practice of medicine, and though his practice was very large and his published works of great scientific value, yet probably his high est claim to fame arises from his precision, power, and thoroughness as an instructor. In 1877 he was made president of the pathological society. His death was caused by heart disease, resulting from a fever contracted in his professional duties. Though for several years aware that continued rest alone could avert a sudden death, he in no way relaxed his labors, and died in his consultation room.