Died 1860-06-29.
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Thomas Addison
Thomas Addison was an English physician and medical researcher. He is traditionally regarded as one of the "great men" of Guy's Hospital in London.
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science · English physician and scientist · physician · scientist · also Thomas Addison, Thomas J Addison, Thomas J. Addison, Addison
Born 2 April 1793 · Died 29 June 1860 · Q436039
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Dr Addison, formerly a physician to Guy's Hospital, committed suicide by jumping down the area (i.e. the space between the front of the house and the street) of 15 Wellington Villas, where he had for some time been residing, under the care of two attendants, having before attempted self-destruction.
1860· 3 entries
“Dr Addison, formerly a physician to Guy's Hospital, committed suicide by jumping down the area (i.e. the space between the front of the house and the street) of 15 Wellington Villas, where he had for some time been residing, under the care of two attendants, having before attempted self-destruction.”
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Wrote to his medical students as follows: "A considerable breakdown in my health has scared me from the anxieties, responsibilities, and excitement of my profession
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1849· 3 entries
Came across the changed "bronzed" appearance of the adrenal glands
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Was President of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
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By Addison is now also known as Addison-Biermer disease
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1847· 1 entry
Addison married at Lanercost Priory Elizabeth Catherine Hauxwell, a widow, with two children from her first marriage
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1840· 1 entry
Addison became sole lecturer
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1837· 1 entry
Addison became joint lecturer with Richard Bright on practical medicine, and a full physician at Guy's Hospital
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1829· 1 entry
Addison published a study of the actions of poisons
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1827· 1 entry
Was appointed lecturer of materia medica
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1819· 1 entry
And from that time had a private practice
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1817· 1 entry
Eventually becoming a full physician in 1837
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1812· 1 entry
As a medical student, turning down an offer from his father to make him a paying resident student of John Thomson
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1793· 1 entry
Born 1793-04-02.
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