Illustrated in 1960s Augusta, Georgia An account at the coincidence of racial desegregation and the first hints of feasibility of long te...
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New ways of Treating Uraemia, 1947
Kolff reflects on four available techniques This fascinating 1947 book of just over 100 pages gives Willem 'Pim' Kolff's own, fu...
Nephrotic syndrome starts at the glomerulus
The salamander kidney gives the final proof in 1938 A spotted salamander (Wikimedia Commons, see below) It was only in the 1930s that mainst...
Richard Bright and the discovery of kidney disease
Nephrology is born, 1827 Fig 1 from Bright 1827. (Wellcome Images) Richard Bright (1789-1858), is widely regarded as the founder of the spe...
Home haemodialysis - how far can it go?
The home dialysis expansion of the 1960s and 70s Olga Heppel - one of the UK's first home haemodialysis patients at home in 1964. Watc...
Surprises from the 1994 Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) study
Low-protein disappoints; attention drawn to proteinuria and blood pressure The MDRD study was a landmark trial set up to prove the importanc...
The first randomised controlled trial in dialysis
In 1980 the NCDS led to the first minimum standards for dialysis The National Cooperative Dialysis Study (NCDS) reported in March 1980. It ...
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