# Mary Broadfoot Walker

> Mary Broadfoot Walker was a Scottish physician who first demonstrated the effectiveness of physostigmine in the treatment of the condition myasthenia gravis, a disease relating to muscle weakness. She was also the first to recognise the association between familial periodic paralysis and low blood potassium levels.

*British physician (1888–1974)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1888-04-17
- **Died:** 1974-09-13
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 37.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 4.8 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Mary Broadfoot Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Broadfoot_Walker)
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- [Mary Walker](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Walker)
- [Mary Broadfoot Walker](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Broadfoot_Walker)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296254)

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