Her mother, Helen (Bright) Woods
, was the illegitimate grand-daughter of Dr Richard Bright
, physician to Queen Victoria
and discoverer of Bright's disease. She was a seventeen-year old beauty with no fortune when she...
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1827: Dr Richard Bright, working at Guy's Hospital...
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1827
Dr Richard Bright
, working at Guy's Hospital
in London, described the symptoms of a complex kidney disorder which became known as Bright's disease.