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.
Career as an Artist. Samuel Morse returned to America in 1815 and set up a studio in Boston. In 1818 he married Lucretia Walker, and during their brief union they had three children. Morse soon discovered that his large paintings attracted significant attention but not many sales.