Thomas Addison

19th-century English physician and scientist

Thomas Addison (April 1793 – 29 June 1860) was an English physician and scientist.[1]

Si Thomas Addison.

Addison was born in Longbenton, Northumberland.[2] He discovered Addison's disease and Addison's anemia.[3]

Addison killed himself in Brighton, East Sussex.[4] He jumped from a hospital he worked in. He suffered from depression.[5][6]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Pearce, J.M.S. (June 2004). "Thomas Addison (1793 - 1860)". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97 (6): 297–300. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ Mayo Clinic Libraries (2014). "Thomas Addison". Retrieved 2014-12-31. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  3. ↑ Loechner, Karen (2014-05-14). "Adrenal Insufficiency and Addison's Disease". National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information Service. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  4. ↑ Pearce, J.M.S. (June 2004). "Thomas Addison (1793 - 1860)". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97 (6): 297–300. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  5. ↑ Pearce, J.M.S. (June 2004). "Thomas Addison (1793 - 1860)". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 97 (6): 297–300. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  6. ↑ Mayo Clinic Libraries (2014). "Thomas Addison". Retrieved 2014-12-31. Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
Retrieved from "https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Addison&oldid=7058306"