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Hemophilia was discovered by a physician from Philadelphia in Pennsylvania named John Conrad Otto. He is credited to be the first to have discovered this genetic disorder back in 1803. He described the condition as hereditary, which affected males more compared to females. He also tried to find out what was the source of this disease found his way to a woman who lived in Plymouth some time in 1720. In 1828, the term 'hemophilia' was first used at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

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