What is Brights Disease?

[Kevinshouse]

I have today received the death certificate of my gg uncle who died in 1898 aged 26 years on the census it referred to him as an imbecile, and in his fathers will provision was made for him after his parents death, I there presume he was of special needs.  On his death certificate however it says he died of Chronic Brights Discease could anyone tell me what this is, I have tried to google it but it has made me even more confused.

Many thanks

Susan

[toni*]

Hi, i have a relative that died of that too he was just 26 yrs old.
if you google it it will come up but basically it is a kidney disease.
chronic meant it couldnt be treated and acute meant that it could.

oh actually i see you googled it already. and your uncle was also 26yrs old as was mine was his name Arthur?

[Kevinshouse]

Yes his name was Arthur Sharp.

Susan

[toni*]

thats strange mine, was Arthur Augustus Punnett he died 28.11.1898 age 26 of Chronic Brights Disease at Chelwood Common, Danehill Road.

 

[Kevinshouse]

Ho I thought that I had found someone researching  the same family, my Arthur Sharp died aged 26 in 1898 in Wakefield West Yorkshire he was the son of William Sharp and Martha and like I said before was special needs. It is a coincidence that we both have relatives of the same of age name who died from the same discease.

Susan

[toni*]

yes i thought i had found someone researching my family also!

must be conincidence but strange

[linmey]

Actually `chronic` usually means of long term duration in the medical field whereas `acute`means of shorter or sudden duration.

Linda

[toni*]

Actually `chronic` usually means of long term duration in the medical field whereas `acute`means of shorter or sudden duration.

Linda

i stand corrected

[linmey]

Thats ok toni, I have been nursing for a `chronically` long period of time!!

Linda.