Editing Thomas Addison (section)

==Medical student==
Addison entered the [[University of Edinburgh Medical School]] in 1812 as a medical student, turning down an offer from his father to make him a paying resident student of [[John Thomson (physician)|John Thomson]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lonsdale |first1=Henry |title=The worthies of Cumberland|volume=IV |date=1867 |publisher=George Routledge & Sons |location=London |page=263 |url=https://archive.org/details/worthiescumberl06lonsgoog/page/n263/mode/1up}}</ref> He became a member of the [[Royal Medical Society]]. In 1815, he received the degree of MD.  His thesis was on ''Dissertatio medica inauguralis quaedam de syphilide et hydrargyro complectens'' (''Concerning Syphilis and Mercury'').<ref name="ODNB"/>

There is a hiatus in the record of Addison's studies from 1815 to 1817. It has been suggested that he travelled in continental Europe.<ref name="Loriaux">{{cite book |last1=Loriaux |first1=D. Lynn |title=A Biographical History of Endocrinology |date=14 March 2016 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-119-20246-2 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkWhCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 |language=en}}</ref> He enrolled as a physician pupil at [[Guy's Hospital]] in London, in 1817. Guy's Medical School recorded his entrance as follows: "Dec. 13, 1817, from Edinburgh, T. Addison, M.D., paid pounds 22-1s to be a perpetual Physician's pupil." Subsequently he became a house surgeon (surgical resident) at the [[London Lock Hospital|Lock Hospital]].<ref name="Loriaux"/> He also took a position as physician to the Universal Dispensary founded by [[John Bunnell Davis]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies |date=1820 |publisher=Wm. H. Allen |page=332 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOcNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA332 |language=en}}</ref>