By teguh hadi s Sunday, June 29, 2014 1800s 1900s General Monkey glands and the science of renal hypertension Quack medicine and technology contributed to the discovery of Renin in 1898 A 1928 advert exploiting the Monkey Gland craze. Source In 188...
By teguh hadi s Monday, January 7, 2013 1700s 1900s General Proteinuria: a bad thing since 400 B.C. Indicates risk of renal failure and death Isaac Sarrabat 1600; Physician examining a urine flask. (US National Library of Medicine) Hip...
By teguh hadi s Sunday, July 4, 2010 1960s HD The birth of home dialysis The first home haemodialysis, 1964 In the early 1960s dialysis was still a very new technology. It was high-tech, life-saving and dramatic. ...
By teguh hadi s Thursday, July 9, 2015 1800s Classic paper General Richard Bright and the discovery of kidney disease Nephrology is born, 1827 Fig 1 from Bright 1827. (Wellcome Images) Richard Bright (1789-1858), is widely regarded as the founder of the spe...