Biographical Sketches
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Some notable names in renal medicine from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Abercrombie moved from successful general practice into the Royal Public Dispensary as a consultant and was appointed physician to the King in Scotland. President of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh and a contemporary of Sir Robert Christison both sharing an interest in renal disease. Richard Bright stayed with him during a visit to Edinburgh. He was better known for his Observations on the management of the poor in Scotland (1840). member of the Académie Royale de Médecine and member of staff of l'h^ o opital de la Charité. Andral was an outstanding pioneer of haematology—the publication in 1843 of his Essai d'he´matologie pathologique was a landmark in the scientific study of the subject. Scots nephew of John and William Hunter, who, following Morgagni, wrote a fine textbook. He was one of the first to understand that post-mortem appearances were end-results of a disease process. He differentiated renal cysts. BAILLOU Guillaume de (BALLONIUS) (1538–1616) Paris graduate and physician to the household of Henry IV. He was regarded by Francis Graham Cruikshank as the founder of epidemiological studies. Described whooping cough (quinta) for the first time, also introduced the term ''rheumatism''.
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