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Tag: Archibald Garrod

  • Archibald Edward Garrod: Inborn errors of metabolism

    JMS PearceHull, England It is given to very few to invent a new class of diseases and to even fewer one that has survived subsequent scrutiny. Archibald Garrod, KCMG DM LLD FRCP FRS (1857–1936) (Fig 1), was born in London into an unusually talented family. He was the fourth son of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod,…