bright's disease
Noun
Meaning
An affection of the kidneys, usually inflammatory in character, and distinguished by the occurrence of albumin and renal casts in the urine. Several varieties of Bright's disease are now recognized, differing in the part of the kidney involved, and in the intensity and course of the morbid process.
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His wife Fannie died of Bright's disease in November 1883.
In the Arlington, Reed was diagnosed with Bright's disease complicated by appendicitis ; he died five days later at 12:10am on December 7 with his wife and daughter at his bedside.
Roosevelt's wife died two days after giving birth due to an undiagnosed case of kidney failure (called Bright's disease at the time), which had been masked by the pregnancy.