Archibald garrod biography for kids

Garrod pronunciation

He was elected assistant physician to the Hospital for Sick Children in and physician in , but it was not until that he was made assistant physician to St. Bartholomew’s, .

archibald garrod biography for kids

How was albinism discovered

Archibald Garrod was a physician whose innovative work in clinical medicine and chemistry led him to discover a new class of human disease based on hereditary factors.


Alkaptonuria

Archibald Garrod was the first to connect a human disorder with Mendel's laws of inheritance.
History of albinism
Sir Archibald Edward Garrod KCMG FRS [1] (25 November – 28 March ) was an English physician who pioneered the field of inborn errors of metabolism.