A Contribution to the Study of the Nature and Origin of the Bence Jones Protein: Dissertation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Jacob Rosenbloom

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265502934 ISBN 13: 9780265502938

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A clear, insider look at the Bence Jones protein and why it mattered in early medical research.

This nonfiction work surveys the history, key experiments, and evolving ideas around a protein once linked to urine changes in bone disease and multiple myeloma. It presents the work in a concise, period-aware voice that helps readers understand how early 20th-century scientists approached this protein and its puzzles.

This edition compiles laboratory notes, summaries of prior research, and the author’s own investigations from 1909. It highlights how researchers compared the Bence Jones protein to other urinary substances, tested its properties, and debated how it might form or originate in the body. The material emphasizes the practical methods and diagnostic questions that shaped early proteology.

• Foundational overview of the Bence Jones protein and its clinical context
• Historical survey of case reports and major researchers in the field
• Descriptions of laboratory tests used to characterize urinary proteins
• Discussion of competing theories about the protein’s formation and nature

Ideal for readers of medical history, early biochemistry, and classic case-study research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265502934
• ISBN 13: 9780265502938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 76