Table 2.

The evolving nosology of nephritis

1827 Bright	1856 Virchow	1878 Charcot	1895 Allbutt	1914 Volhard and Fahr	1931 Addis and Oliver	1942 Ellis	1951 Smith
Large white kidney	Parenchymatous nephritis	Parenchymatous nephritis chronic > acute	Parenchymatous nephritis	Nephroses degenerative	Degenerative Bright's disease	Type 2 nephritis insidious, edema, recover/chronic	Nephrotic syndrome
Congested granular red kidney	Interstitial nephritis	Interstitial nephritis acute > chronic	Glomerular nephritis	Nephritis inflammatory hemorrhagic	Hemorrhagic Bright's disease	Type 1 nephritis acute, high BP hematuria, recover/chronic	Glomerulonephritis acute, chronic, subacute
Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney	Contracted kidney
? Vascular	Amyloid kidney	Amyloid kidney	Hyperpiesia hypertension	Sclerosis	Arteriosclerosis	Nephrosclerosis	Nephrosclerosis

The first row gives the last name of the author and the year of their contribution.