The Kolff artificial kidney.
Nowadays renal dialysis, with its sleek, compact machinery, is a routine, somewhat taken for granted procedure in our hospitals. The development of this life-saving apparatus, initiated by a young Dutch physician during the Nazi occupation of his country, is a fascinating story.
Ellis
Harold
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University of London, Department of Anatomy, Guy's Hospital, London.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial / Q000266:history*; D009426:Netherlands