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Richard Bright (28 September 1789 – 16 December 1858) was an English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease. He is particularly known for his description of Bright's disease .
Richard Bright (born Sept. 28, 1789, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Dec. 16, 1858, London) was a British physician who was the first to describe the clinical manifestations of the kidney disorder known as Bright’s disease, or nephritis. Bright graduated in medicine from the University of Edinburgh in 1813.
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Richard Bright. b.September 1789 d.16 December 1858. MD Edin (1813) LRCP (1816) FRCP (1832) Richard Bright, M.D., was descended from a family of old and respectable standing in Herefordshire. He was the third son of Richard Bright of Ham Green, in the county of Somerset, esq., a merchant and banker of substance and standing in Bristol, which ...
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Jun 27, 2018 · The English physician Richard Bright (1789-1858) discovered the relationship of fluid retention and the appearance of albumin in the urine to kidney disease. On Sept. 28, 1789, Richard Bright was born in Bristol, the third son of a wealthy merchant and banker. Richard Bright was educated at Exeter, matriculated in Edinburgh University in 1808 ...
Richard Bright (1789-1858), is widely regarded as the founder of the specialty of nephrology. He gave his name to Bright’s disease, which was used for over 100 years first as a term for any type of kidney disease, and later particularly for glomerular diseases. His ‘Reports of Medical Cases’ (1827) was the first to pull together and ...
Jan 30, 2017 · Kark, RM and Moore DT. The life, work, and geological collections of Richard Bright, MD (1789-1858); with a note on the collections of other members of the family. Archives of Natural History 1981; 10:119. Kark, RM. A prospectus of Richard Bright on the centenary of his death, December 16, 1858. American Journal of Medicine, 1958;25:819.
May 26, 2017 · METHODS: Richard Bright is rightly considered it’s “founding father”. Without undermining his achievement, it has to be mentioned that back in V-IV century BC Hippocrates noticed that some symptoms seemed to be linked to kidney disease, having concluded: «Bubbles appearing on the surface of the urine indicate diseases of the kidneys and ...
