Thomas Addison
Physician
1793 – 1860
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Who was Thomas Addison?
Thomas Addison was a renowned 19th-century English physician and scientist. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London.
Among other pathologies he discovered Addison's disease and Addisonian anemia, a hematological disorder later found to be caused by failure to absorb vitamin B12.
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