Richard Bright (physician) 406188 224969128 2008-07-11T06:32:17Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Person |name=Richard Bright |image=Richard_Bright.gif |caption=Richard Bright |quotation= |birth_date=[[September 28]][[1789]] |birth_place= [[Bristol]] |dead= |death_date=[[December 16]][[1858]] |death_place=[[London]] }} '''Richard Bright''' ([[September 28]][[1789]] &ndash; [[December 16]][[1858]]) was an [[England|English]] [[physician]] and early pioneer in the research of [[Nephrology|kidney disease]]. He was born in [[Bristol]], [[Gloucestershire (traditional)|Gloucestershire]], the third son of Sarah and Richard Bright Sr., a wealthy merchant and banker. Bright Sr. shared his interest in science with his son, encouraging him to consider it as a career. In 1808, Bright Jr. joined the [[University of Edinburgh]] to study philosophy, economics and mathematics, but switched to medicine the following year. In 1810, he accompanied Sir [[George Mackenzie]] on a summer expedition to [[Iceland]] where he conducted [[natural history|naturalist]] studies. Bright then continued his medical studies at [[Guy's Hospital]] in [[London]] and in September 1813 returned to [[Edinburgh]] to be granted his [[Doctor of Medicine|medical doctorate]]. His [[thesis]] was ''De erysipelate contagioso'' (''On contagious [[erysipelas]]''). During the 1820s and 1830s Bright again worked at Guy's Hospital, teaching, practising and researching medicine. There he worked alongside two other celebrated medical pioneers, [[Thomas Addison]] and [[Thomas Hodgkin]]. His research into the causes and [[symptom]]s of kidney disease led to his identifying what became known as [[Bright's disease]]. For this, he is considered the "[[People known as the father or mother of something#B|father]] of [[nephrology]]". Bright had a special affection for Hungary and in 1815 he lived in Festetics Castle in Kesztheley, where there is a large plaque: “To the memory of the English physician scientist and traveller who was one of the pioneers in the accurate description of Lake Balaton.” On [[December 11]][[1858]], Bright became severely ill due to complications of [[heart disease]] and was unable to recover. He died in London aged 69. Bright had two sons. The youngest also became a physician; the other, [[James Franck Bright]], a [[historian]]. ==References== *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=van Gijn |first=J |authorlink= |coauthors=Hart W |year=1999 |month=Dec |title=[From the library of the Dutch Journal of Medicine: Richard Bright (1789-1858) and his 'Reports of Medical cases'] |journal=[[Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde]] |volume=143 |issue=51 |pages=2570–5 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 10633798 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Berry |first=D |authorlink= |year=1994 |month=Jul |title=Richard Bright (1789-1858): student days in Edinburgh |journal=[[Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] |volume=24 |issue=3 |pages=383–96 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 11639543 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=MacKenzie |first=J C |authorlink= |year=1989 |month=Aug |title=Dr Richard Bright--a man of many parts. His bicentenary year--1789-1858 |journal=[[Bristol medico-chirurgical journal (1963)]] |volume=104 |issue=3 |pages=63–7 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 2692780 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Marz |first=I |authorlink= |year=1989 |month= |title=[Richard Bright--28 September 1789 to 16 December 1858] |journal=[[Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung]] |volume=83 |issue=23 |pages=1207–9 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 2697997 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Kark |first=R M |authorlink= |coauthors=Moore D T |year=1981 |month=Apr |title=The life, work, and geological collections of Richard Bright, M.D. (1789-1858); with a note on the collections of other members of the family |journal=[[Archives of natural history]] |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=119–51 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 11615995 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Brian |first=V A |authorlink= |year=1976 |month=Dec |title=The man behind the name: Richard Bright: 1789-1858 |journal=[[Nursing times]] |volume=72 |issue=49 |pages=1937 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 794840 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Lyons |first=J R |authorlink= |year=1976 |month=Apr |title=Pioneers in medicine: Richard Bright (1789-1858) |journal=[[Nursing mirror and midwives journal]] |volume=142 |issue=18 |pages=54 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 775451 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Bruetsch |first=W L |authorlink= |year=1971 |month= |title=Richard Bright (1789-1858) and apoplexy |journal=[[Transactions of the American Neurological Association]] |volume=96 |issue= |pages=213–5 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 4945917 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Kinder |first=C H |authorlink= |year=1966 |month=Nov |title=Richard Bright (1789-1858) |journal=[[Investigative urology]] |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=288–90 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 5333197 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=STRIKER |first=C |authorlink= |year=1963 |month=Oct |title=Richard Bright 1789-1858 (Garrison): Select Reports Of Medical Cases: Cases Illustrative Of Some Of The Appearances Observable On The Examination Of Diseases Terminating In Dropsical Effusion |journal=[[Cincinnati journal of medicine]] |volume=44 |issue= |pages=426–8 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 14054272 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |year=1955 |month=Jul |title=Richard Bright (1789-1858) |journal=[[The Merck report]] |volume=64 |issue=3 |pages=19 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 13244362 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} == External links == * [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1984.html WhoNamedIt biography] * [http://cdm.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm4/index_jmrbr.php?CISOROOT=/jmrbr Images from the John Martin Rare Book Room, University of Iowa] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bright, Richard}} <!--Categories--> [[Category:1789 births]] [[Category:1858 deaths]] [[Category:People from Bristol]] [[Category:Nephrology]] [[Category:British doctors]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]] <!--Other languages--> [[cs:Richard Bright (lékař)]] [[ja:リチャード・ブライト]] [[pl:Richard Bright]] [[ro:Richard Bright (medic)]] [[sv:Richard Bright (läkare)]]