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BRIGHT, Richard (1789 – 1858)

BRIGHT, Richard (1789 – 1858)

1789 – 1858

10 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1811

#13755

Travels in the island of Iceland, during the summer of the year MDCCCX.

Only Mackenzie is credited with authorship on the title page. Holland and Bright accompanied Mackenzie on this voyage and exploration. On p. xi of the Preface Mackenzie indicates that he benefitted from Hooker's notes…

1818

#7319

Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with remarks on the state of Vienna during the congress in the year 1814.

Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1827 –1831

#2285

Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy. 2 vols. in 3.

Beside's Bright's classic description of chronic non-suppurative nephritis, known eponymically as “Bright’s disease”, the Reports contain numerous other outstanding contributions to general pathology, neuropathology, …

1832

#3615

Cases and observations connected with disease of the pancreas and duodenum.

1836

#4811

Fatal epilepsy, from suppuration between the dura mater and arachnoid, in consequence of blood having been effused in that situation.

Bright was the first to describe unilateral (“Jacksonian”) epilepsy.

1836

#3617

Observations on jaundice.

Original description of acute yellow atrophy of the liver.

1836

#4207

Cases and observations, illustrative of renal disease accompanied with the secretion of albuminous urine.

As a result of greater experience on renal disease, Bright rounded off his work on the subject with the above paper, wherein he recorded his extended observations; by this time he had come to more definite conclusions…

1839

#2215

Elements of the practice of medicine. Vol. 1. (All Published.)

Originally issued in three parts from 1836 to 1839 when the authors were joint lecturers on medicine at Guy’s Hospital.

1839

#12222

Cases of spasmodic disease accompanying affections of the pericardium.

Digital facsimile of the separate offprint from wellcomecollection.org at this link.

1860

#2616

Clinical memoirs on abdominal tumours and intumescence.