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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.
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Jan 30, 2017 · During life, Richard Bright achieved a great reputation. He gave many prestigious lectures, was physician to Queens Victoria and Adelaide, retired from the hospital in 1844, and died in 1858. Rumor had it that he succumbed to the very disease he had described.
Jan 10, 2007 · Known as the “Father of Nephrology,” Richard Bright, MD, FRS, was appointed Physician Extraordinary to Queen Victoria. His important early research on diseases of the kidney was performed during the first half of the 19th Century. Bright was born on September 28, 1789, in Bristol, England.
Richard Bright, M.D., D.C.L., Physician Extraordinary to the Queen, Fellow of the Royal Society and other learned bodies. He departed this life on the 16th December, 1858, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He contributed to medical science many discoveries and works of great value; and died while in the full practice of his profession.
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.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Richard Bright. 1789-1858. English physician and anatomist who described the form of chronic nephritis now known as Bright's disease. Bright made major contributions to the study of morbid anatomy of the living patient.
