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Richard Bright

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English physician best known for characterizing Bright's disease (chronic nephritis, now understood to encompass nephrotic syndrome) in his 1827 Reports of Medical Cases. He practiced at Guy's Hospital, London, where his systematic clinicopathological correlations between symptoms, autopsy findings and urine analysis helped found the modern study of kidney disease.

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Birth Year
1789 1
Birth Date
1789-09-28 1
Death Year
1858 1
Death Date
1858-12-16 1
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1. Wikipedia: Richard Bright
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His research into the causes and symptoms of kidney disease led to his identifying what became known as Bright's disease.
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