Nope, he was an American surgeon. The sequence was first described by Lewis Durlacher in 1845. The term Morton's neuralgia was introduced by Ph. Lewin in 1876. Not to be confused with Morton's syndrome, which is another entity named for the American orthopaedic surgeon Dudley J. Morton (1884-1960). Thomas George Morton's observations were confirmed by his son, Thomas S. K. Morton, in 1892. Morton's neuralgia (Thomas George Morton) Also known as: Morton's foot Morton's disease Morton's metatarsalgia Morton's nerve entrapment Morton's neuroma Morton's syndrome (but no mention of Morton's (long 2nd) Toe! Morton at whonamedit Also Here
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