John Hughes Bennett
British doctor · United Kingdom · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1812 to 1875 · aged 63
John Hughes Bennett PRCPE FRSE was an English physician, physiologist and pathologist. His main contribution to medicine has been the first description of leukemia as a blood disorder (1845). The first person to describe leukemia as an unknown disease was Alfred François Donné.
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1812 to 1875 · aged 63
