Q. Who is known as ‘father of Endocrinology’?
A) R H Whittaker
B) Pasteur
C) Einthoven
D) Thomas Addison
Explanation
The father of Endocrinology is Thomas Addison. The first endocrine disease reported was Addison’s disease (1855), caused by the destruction of adrenal cortex.
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