Thomas Addison (1793-1860)
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J M S Pearce, "Thomas Addison (1793-1860)" J R Soc Med. 2004 Jun; 97(6): 297–300. "Thomas Addison is best remembered for two conditions that bear his name—progressive adrenal disease with deficiency of adrenal cortical hormones; and pernicious anaemia. He was born in April 1793,1 at Long Benton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and died on June 29 1860, at 15 Wellington Villas, Brighton. The son of Sarah and Joseph Addison, a grocer and flour dealer in Long Benton,2 Addison was first sent to school in a roadside cottage where his teacher was John Rutter, the parish clerk, who years later also taught Robert Stephenson. He proceeded to the Royal Free Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and learned Latin so well that he made notes in that language....." -
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Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1079500/
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