Editing Thomas Addison (section)

==Physician==
Addison obtained his licentiate from the [[Royal College of Physicians]] in 1819, where in 1838 he was elected a Fellow. He was promoted to assistant physician, with the support of [[Benjamin Harrison (hospital administrator)|Benjamin Harrison]], in January 1824 and in 1827 he was appointed lecturer of [[materia medica]].<ref name="ODNB"/> In 1849, he was President of the [[Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society]].

As well, Addison worked under [[Thomas Bateman (physician)|Thomas Bateman]], a [[dermatologist]], at the General or Public Dispensary on [[Carey Street]], [[Holborn]]. He was there for eight years and developed a special interest in skin diseases, and a reputation in the area.<ref name="ODNB"/><ref>{{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=83 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkWhCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83 |language=en}}</ref> He bought a house in [[Hatton Garden]] in 1819, and from that time had a private practice.<ref name="ODNB"/> 

In 1837, Addison became joint lecturer with [[Richard Bright (physician)|Richard Bright]] on practical medicine, and a full physician at Guy's Hospital. When Bright retired from the lectureship in 1840, Addison became sole lecturer. He held this position until about 1854–55.<ref name="ODNB"/>

Excelling as a diagnostician and lecturer, Addison was diffident. He had a reputation at Guy's, where he concentrated on his students and patients, but was little known outside the hospital, and had few private patients.<ref name="ODNB"/>