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From Dropsy and Bright

Fred Silva, MD renal pathologist at arkana laboratories
By Dr. Fred Silva

Oct 29, 2020

In this episode, Dr. Silva goes over dropsy, the “pre-history” of Bright’s disease, and with it, the very origins of all nephrology and kidney disease. Both terms are not so much used nowadays, but after all, what is in a name?

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