In 1864, he received the degree of A. B. from Princeton College, Kentucky.
Through the influence of his uncle, Dr. Thomas V. Morrow [q. v. ], who was one of the founders of the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati, Morrow received his early medical education in an eclectic school.
He then studied at the École de Médecine in Paris and later spent about fifteen months in the hospitals of London, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna.
In 1874 he graduated in medicine from the University Medical College, New York, and the following year began practising medicine in New York City.
The honorary degree of A. M. was conferred upon him by the University of the City of New York in 1883.
Career
In the last-mentioned year he was appointed attending physician of the skin and venereal department of the New York Hospital, continuing in this capacity until 1904.
His task was indeed a difficult one.
He lived during a period in which there was deep-seated feeling, chiefly the result of tradition, that such a subject should be kept sub rosa.
His earliest endeavors were met with apathy and indifference.
His proposed reforms included the wholesome teaching of sex hygiene to the young, thus appeasing a natural curiosity and encouraging a proper outlook on life.
He openly discussed measures for the control of prostitution and advocated the registration of those suffering from venereal diseases as communicable.
Among his more important contributions were Syphilis and Marriage (1881), translated from the French of Alfred Fournier; Venereal Memoranda (1885); Drug Eruptions (1887); An Atlas of Skin and Venereal Diseases (1888 - 89); A System of Genito-Urinary Diseases, Syphilology and Dermatology, by Various Authors (3 vols. , 1893 - 94), which he edited; Personal Observations of Leprosy (1889), written after visits to the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, and Louisiana; Social Diseases and Marriage (1904).
He rarely took a long vacation, but for many years was accustomed to spend weekends at Madison, N. J. , where he had a summer home, and here he did much of his early writing.
Though giving little time to it, he was fond of social life and was a prominent figure at the meetings of the Southern Society and the Kentuckians.
[Who's Who in America, 1912-13; N. Y. Times, Mar. 18, 1913; E. B. Bronson, in Jour.
of Cutaneous Diseases, Oct. 1913, p. 775; Bull.
de la Société francaise de dermatologie et syphilologie, vol.
XXIV (1913); Jour.
Am.
Asso. , Mar. 29, 1913; Lancet (London), Apr. 19, 1913; Social Diseases, July 1913; H. A. Kelly and W. L. Burrage, Am.
Medic.
Biogs.
(1920); personal interview with Morrow's son, Dr. Albert S. Morrow. ]
Religion
A member of numerous professional societies both American and European, he was president of the American Dermatological Association in 1890-91 and of the American Society of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis from its inception in 1905.
Connections
Two sons and a daughter survived him, one of the sons becoming a practising surgeon in New York City.
parents:
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Morrow, Prince Albert, (Dec. 19, 1846 - Mar. 17, 1913), Kentucky 1846 1913 Male Physician Sociologist physician and sociologist, was born at Mount Vernon, Christian County, Ky., his parents being Col. William C. Morrow, who at one time represented Christian County in the lower branch of the Kentucky legislature, and Mary (Cox) Morrow.
married:
Lucy
He married Lucy B. Slaughter, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary (Henry) Slaughter of New York City, on Apr. 23, 1874.
Daughter:
Lucy
He married Lucy B. Slaughter, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Mary (Henry) Slaughter of New York City, on Apr. 23, 1874.
