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Entry No. 434MedicineEngland

Richard Brightphysician

Bright’s disease of the kidney was named for this physician who linked dropsy to renal pathology.

Trade
physician
Field
Medicine
Country
England
Attached to
Guy’s Hospital
Dates
1789–1858
Name origin
Surname Bright; Bright’s disease eponym

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Wikipedia

Described what is now called acute nephritis.