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JAMA. 1970;213(6):1028-1029.

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Charles Murchison, fever physician of London, was born in Jamaica, but, at the age of three, his father, a physician, returned the family to Scotland and settled in Elgin. At the age of 15, young Murchison entered the University of Aberdeen; two years later he commenced the study of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he won several prizes for scholastic excellence.¹ In 1850, he passed the examinations of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and became house surgeon to James Syme. A year later he graduated MD and for four years followed several pursuits. These included postgraduate study in Dublin and Paris, service in the Bengal Army of the East India Company and with the expedition to Burma, and teaching at the Medical College, Calcutta. By 1855, Murchison was prepared to establish roots; he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and began . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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