For patients, a last throw of the dice The first human transplants were heroic operations undertaken at a time when dialysis was not a lon...
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1961: threshold of the new nephrology
A symposium in Edinburgh on 25th March 1961 was one of the first in the UK to consider the full new range of clinical nephrology. Twin coil ...
Twins in transplantation
Groundbreaking - and lucky to have one John Merrill shows the Herrick twins an early dialysis machine On December 23rd 1954, 24 year-old Ric...
The record holders
A few patients have been on renal replacement therapy for over 45 years The Royal Free programme This photograph of 'The Lucky Thirteen...
Transplantation takes off in the mid 1960s
Years of experimentation finally pay off Roy Calne (white coat) with dogs Tweedledee, Titus and Lollipop, recipient of the first successful...
Who shall live? Patient selection for dialysis
Dustman before Duke? Title from the 1965 NBC documentary about dialysis in Seattle The first patient with end stage renal failure deliberate...
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