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In 1563, Bartholomeus Eustachius an anatomy professor at the Collegio della Sapienza in Rome was the first to give a description of the adrenal glands in his publication "glandulae renibus incumbentes"
In 1586, Piccolomini was the first to name the glands as suprarenals.
In 1651, Highmore was the first to suggest that the suprarenals act to absorb exudates from the large vessels,
In 1656, Thomas Wharton was the first to describe the concept of the neuroendocrine function of the adrenal medulla.
In 1805, Cuvier was the first to give a detailed description of medulla and cortex of adrenal glands
In 1852, Albert von Kölliker was the first to give a detailed microscopic description of the adrenal glands.
In 1855, Thomas Addison was the first to identify and describe the condition "Addison's disease" in his paper On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Suprarenal Capsules.
In 1856, Charles Brown-Séquard provided experimental proof of the vital role of the adrenals by performing adrenalectomies (the removal of adrenals) from several animal species.
In 1956, Hudson was the first physician to give a detailed description of hyporeninmenic hypoaldosteronism and its pathophysiology.^[1]
In 1964, Viser and cost was the first to give a detailed description on isolated hypoaldosteronism.
In 1964, Ulick was the first to give a detailed description on congenital hypoaldosteronism.

↑ Williams, Gordon H. (1986). "Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism". New England Journal of Medicine. 314 (16): 1041–1042. doi:10.1056/NEJM198604173141609. ISSN 0028-4793.