The Artificial Kidney

Abstract

THE opening paragraph of the first published work on the artificial kidney reads as follows:There are numerous toxic states in which the eliminating organs of the body, more especially the kidneys, are incapable of removing from the body, at an adequate rate, the natural or un-natural substances whose accumulation is detrimental to life. In the hope of providing a substitute in such emergencies, which might tide over a dangerous crisis, as well as for the important information which it might be expected to provide, concerning the substances normally present in the blood, and also for the light that might . . .