Spinal cord compression. Spinal cord compression develops when the spinal cord is compressed by bone fragments from a vertebral fracture, a tumor, abscess, ruptured intervertebral disc or other lesion.
Early life. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on April 27, 1791. He was the first son of Jedidiah Morse, a clergyman, and Elizabeth Breese, of New Jersey.
Samuel F.B. Morse was the inventor of the telegraph. He sent the first message via his invention in May of 1844. The significance of this invention and demonstration was quickly recognized, and many commercial interests contributed to the rapid construction and spread of telegraph lines throughout the United States.