Albright's Disease On this date in 1934, American physician Fuller Albright first described a disease, osteitis fibrosa disseminata, that today more commonly bears his name. A disease of unknown origin, Albright's disease affects the bones and pigment in the skin. Patients form abnormal fibrous development in their bones, which can lead to fractures or deformities. Café-au-lait spots on the skin can also appear, often at birth, as can bone changes in the skull -- sometimes causing blindness or deafness. Albright graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1924. From there, he went to Johns Hopkins University, possibly to study calcium metabolism, and then to Berlin to study the pituitary gland. When he returned, it was to Massachusetts General Hospital, where he began an endocrinology clinic specializing in ovarian dysfunction and kidney stones.
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