History
The parathyroid glands were first discovered in the Indian Rhinoceros by Richard Owen in 1850. The glands were first discovered in humans by Ivar Viktor Sandström (1852-1889), a Swedish medical student, in 1880. It is the last major organ to be recognized in humans so far.
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