Morris Simmonds
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Morris Simmonds was a German
physician
, pathologist, from a family originating in Hanau
but born on the then Danish St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in Caribbean Sea
. He was the first to describe the clinical and pathological features of hypopituitarism
in 1914; the disease has occasionally been called "Simmonds' disease" in his honour.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, pathologist, from a family originating in Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
but born on the then Danish St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands in Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. He was the first to describe the clinical and pathological features of hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism
Hypopituitarism is the decreased secretion of one or more of the eight hormones normally produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain...
in 1914; the disease has occasionally been called "Simmonds' disease" in his honour.
External links
- Morris Simmonds (www.whonamedit.com) at www.whonamedit.com