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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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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 (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 ...
May 26, 2017 · Currently, nephrology is not limited to only the classical Bright’s disease, but also comprises both an impressive spectrum of true renal diseases and systemic processes of extrarenal disease, which involves kidney injury. CONCLUSIONS: Richard Bright died on 16 th December 1858 at the age of 69 years from heart disease and was buried in ...
- Aleksei Zulkarnaev
- 2017
Jan 30, 2017 · Earlier physicians had made some of these clinical observations but failed to recognize or articulate their significance. For his contributions Richard Bright has long been called the father of nephrology, and to this day this picture adorns the walls of many departments of nephrology in universities and hospitals.
May 14, 2020 · Dr. Rick Bright, a vaccine expert who until last month led the federal office in charge of developing measures to help guard against infectious threats and securing vital supplies, testified...
