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Historical Bibliography Updated: January 26, 2020

Lectures on Bright’s disease: with special reference to pathology, diagnosis, and treatment.

Publication Details

London: Smith, Elder, 1873 CE.

Johnson showed that fatty infiltrations of the renal tubules are reflected by the presence of fatty casts and droplets in the urine, thus introducing the concept of lipoid nephrosis associated with nephrotic syndrome.

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#4215.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/6280
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLlectures-on-brights-disease-with-special-reference-to-pathology-diagnosis-and-treatment

Geographic Context

Publication place: London