Mary Broadfoot Walker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Mary Broadfoot Walker

British physician

Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1888

Place of Birth: Wigtown, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1974

Profession: physician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Mary Broadfoot Walker

  • Mary Broadfoot Walker (17 April 1888 – 13 September 1974) 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.

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