Dropsy, dialysis, transplant : a short history of failing kidneys / Steven J. Peitzman.

  • Peitzman, Steven J. (Steven Jay), 1945-
Date:
2007
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Publication/Creation

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Physical description

xxi, 213 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-207) and index.

Contents

Swollen with dropsy -- Richard Bright's new disease -- Sympathy and flannel -- Enter the microscope and the laboratory -- Renal shutdown, a needle, and the end of Bright's disease -- Inventing chronic dialysis -- Coupled to the artificial kidney -- The gift of life -- Progression and renewal.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780801887345
  • 0801887348