Morton Smart
Sir Morton Warrack Smart, GCVO, DSO (1877–1956) was a Scottish manipulative surgeon who served George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II. Early life and education Smart was born in Edinburgh on 1 December 1877, the son of the painter John Smart and Agnes Purdie, née Main. He attended George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh; he served in the South African War, before graduating with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees from Edinburgh in 1902. Career Smart then moved to London, where he was given an appointment at Great Ormond Street Hospital (taking charge of the X-ray department). His interests shifted towards orthopedic medicine, particularly manipulative surgery, and he received a Doctor of Medicine degree from Edinburgh in 1912 for a thesis on faradism. With Walter Rowley Bristow, he invented the Smart–Rowley faradic coil. By the time the First World War broke out, he had established a large private practice. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography describes him as "essentially" an "orthopedic physician". In the lead up to the war, he had become involved in the British Motor Boat Club and served on an Admiralty committee concerning the use of motor boats in the event