title: Moment in History. In the beginning.
abstract: The purpose of this editorial is to give the reader a picture of the earliest days in the delivery of chronic dialysis. It is viewed by a psychiatrist who was asked to help evaluate patients in one of the first hemodialysis centers, not only in the United States, but in the world.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D009519:New York City; D018579:Patient Selection; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D012106:Research / Q000266:history