Thomas Addison

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Thomas Addison was a 19th-century English physician best known for first describing Addison's disease, a disorder of the adrenal glands.

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instanceOf alumnus
human
physician
causeOfDeath fall from a building
suicide
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1793-04-00
dateOfDeath 1860-06-29
described primary adrenal insufficiency
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh Medical School NERFINISHED
employer Guy's Hospital NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Addison NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork endocrinology
internal medicine
medicine
givenName Thomas NERFINISHED
hasDiscovered Addison's disease NERFINISHED
link between adrenal destruction and chronic adrenal insufficiency
influenced clinical pathology
development of endocrinology
knownFor Addison's disease NERFINISHED
description of pernicious anemia
languageSpoken English
memberOf Royal College of Physicians NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableStudent Samuel Wilks NERFINISHED
notableWork On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Supra-Renal Capsules NERFINISHED
occupation medical researcher
physician
placeOfBirth Longbenton NERFINISHED
Northumberland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Brighton NERFINISHED
England
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence England
London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
studied anemia
diseases of the adrenal glands
workLocation Guy's Hospital NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

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