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Ray Farquharson

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Canadian doctor, university professor and medical researcher (1897-1965)

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Ray Fletcher Farquharson was a Canadian medical doctor, university professor, and medical researcher. Born in Claude, Ontario, he attended and taught at the University of Toronto for most of his life, and was trained and employed at Toronto General Hospital.

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1998Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
Member of the Order of the British Empire
honorary doctorate at the Laval University

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Ray Fletcher Farquharson was a Canadian medical doctor, university professor, and medical researcher. Born in Claude, Ontario, he attended and taught at the University of Toronto for most of his life, and was trained and employed at Toronto General Hospital. With co-researcher Arthur Squires, Farquharson was responsible for the discovery of the Farquharson phenomenon, an important principle of endocrinology, which is that administering external hormones suppresses the natural production of that hormone.

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Doctor
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Lived 1897 to 1965 · aged 67
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