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Kidney expertise before dialysis made nephrology mainstream

• Measuring blood pressure becomes possible (Akbar Mohamed) – and routine after WW1.
• Trench nephritis described during WW1
  
• Arthur Ellis 1942 – Bright’s disease 100 years after Bright
• Pathology starts to get serious – Volhard and Farr (Germany)
  
• Renal unit at Pembury – first modern unit, but no dialysis, 1946
  

Last Updated on January 7, 2025 by neilturn