William T. Morrison, surgeon, was listed as a resident of Hong Kong from 1847 to 1853. He was Colonial Surgeon of Hong Kong between 1847 and 1853. He also carried on a private practice simultaneously[1]. He was a Vice President of the Medical Missionary Society 中國博醫會 in 1850. He sat in the Committee of Management of the Society for Relief of Sick and Destitute Foreigners in 1850. Spring Gardens was listed as his address in 1850. Morrison died from an abscess of the liver (or of malarial fever) and was buried at the Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley 1853.
Six medical practitioners were listed in the 1850 Hong Kong Almanack and Directory, arranged according to priority of residence. They were: Peter Young, George Kingston Barton, Thomas Hunter, Andrew Howden Balfour, William T. Morrison and Nicolet Michel Clerjon.
[1] Morrison was the first London appointed Colonial Surgeon. He was said to have a thriving medical practice in England before accepting the engagement in Hong Kong. Records show that his salary was raised by £100 in 1848. Colonial Surgeon in Hong Kong at the time was permitted to run his private practice simultaneously while holding the public office. Morrison was most oftenly accused of ignoring the office of the Colonial Surgeon while focusing only in his very lucrative private practice.
Selected Bibliography: Biographical Dictionary of Medical Practitioners in Hong Kong: 1841-1941 [online]. Tarrent, William, The Hong Kong Almanack and Directory for the Year 1846, 1848, 1850, Hong Kong: China Mail, resp. 1846,1848 and 1850.
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