"Yale Doctors Working with New 'Artificial Kidney'," 1959

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Title: "Yale Doctors Working with New 'Artificial Kidney'," 1959
Creator: Yale University News Bureau
Contributor: Epstein, Franklin H., 1924-2008
Levitin, Howard, 1928-2010
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Published / Created: 1959
Publication Place: New Haven, CT
Description: Attached statement: "An 'artificial kidney' used in illnesses when human kidneys are not functioning properly is shown in operation at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. "Dr. Franklin H. Epstein (left) and Dr. Howard Levitin (right) together with nurse (center) operate the equipment connected by tubes to the artery of the patient's arm shown in foreground.... The 'artificial kidney' was purchased by a gift of $5000 to Yale from the United Fund of Middletown, Connecticut, March 1959"
Extent: 20.5 cm x 25.5 cm
Language: No linguistic content; Not applicable

Format: still image
Genre: Photograph
Resource Type: Prints & Photographs
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Name): Epstein, Franklin H., 1924-2008
Levitin, Howard, 1928-2010
Yale-New Haven Medical Center
Subject (Topic): Dialysis
Nephrology
Nursing
Patient Care

Access: Public
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