Thomas Forrest Cotton

Thomas Forrest Cotton
Thomas Forrest Cotton by David Jagger, 1929. Oil on canvas, Royal College of Physicians, London.[1]
Born	4 November 1884 Cowansville, Quebec, Canada
Died	26 July 1965
Education	McGill University
Occupation	Cardiologist
Known for	Introducing electrocardiography to Canada and England Linking finger clubbing in adults with acquired structural heart disease and infective endocarditis

Thomas Forrest Cotton FRCP (4 November 1884 – 26 July 1965) was a Canadian cardiologist. He introduced electrocardiography to Canada and England and was the first to recognise the relationship between finger clubbing in adults with acquired structural heart disease and infective endocarditis. His paper on clubbing in endocarditis is considered by cardiologists as a classic.