Medical Genetics In 1904 the doctor archibald e, garrod described alkaptonuria, a disease he classified as a lifelong congenital chemical alteration Later on in 1909 he described other diseases albinism, cystinuria, porphyria and pentosuria which he named Inborn Errors of metabolism" Garrod 's conclusions were completely correct in relation to the genetic basis of meta bolic disorders and the gene-enzyme concept 人LaMedical Genetics In 1904 the doctor Archibald E. Garrod described alkaptonuria, a disease he classified as a lifelong congenital chemical alteration. Later on, in 1909, he described other diseases: albinism, cystinuria, porphyria and pentosuria, which he named "Inborn Errors of Metabolism". Garrod's conclusions were completely correct in relation to the genetic basis of metabolic disorders and the gene-enzyme concept