History
Renal tubular acidosis was first described in 1935 by Lightwood and 1936 by Butler et al. in children. Baines et al. first described it in adults in 1945.
It has been postulated the Dickens character, Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol, was suffering from renal tubular acidosis.
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