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Who is known as ‘father of Endocrinology’? |
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a) |
R H Whittaker |
b) |
Pasteur |
c) |
Einthoven |
d) |
Thomas Addison |
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Who is known as ‘father of Endocrinology’? |
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a) |
R H Whittaker |
b) |
Pasteur |
c) |
Einthoven |
d) |
Thomas Addison |
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The father of Endocrinology is Thomas Addison. The first endocrine disease reported was Addison’s disease (1855), caused by the destruction of adrenal cortex.