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

By: Peitzman, Steven J. (Steven Jay), 1945-.
Series: Johns Hopkins biographies of disease. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007Description: 213 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0801887348 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780801887345 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Chronic renal failure -- History | Nephrology -- History | Kidney Diseases -- history | Nephrology -- historyGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616.6/14 Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
Contents:
Swollen with dropsy -- Richard Bright's new disease -- Sympathy and flannel -- Enter the microscope and 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 conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Swollen with dropsy -- Richard Bright's new disease -- Sympathy and flannel -- Enter the microscope and 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 conclusions.

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