1597–1677 British physician who made the first accurate clinical description of rickets as well as important contributions to the anatomy and physiology of the digestive system.
Keywords: rickets; anatomy; liver; digestive system
Glisson, Francis
Régis Olry, University of Quebec at Trois‐Rivières, Quebec, Canada
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0003588
| Further Reading | |
| book Glisson F (1650) De rachitide sive morbo puerili, qui vulgo The Rickets dicitur. London: Typis Du-Gardianis. | |
| book Glisson F (1654) Anatomia hepatis. London: Typis Du-Gardianis. | |
| book Glisson F (1677) Tractatus de ventriculo et intestinis. London: H. Brome. | |
| book (1917) The Dictionary of National Biography. Stephen L and Lee S (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. | |
| Haller A von (1753) De partibus corporis humani sensibilibus et irritabilibus. Commentarii Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 2: 114–158. | |
| book Hirsch A (ed.) (1885) Biographisches Lexicon der hervorragenden Aerzte aller Zeiten und Völker, vol. 2, p. 577. Vienna: Urban & Schwarzenberg. | |
| book Norman JM (ed.) (1991) Morton's Medical Bibliography. Aldershot: Scolar Press. | |
