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Willem Kolff and the invention of the dialysis machine /

A biography of the Dutch doctor who worked to perfect a means of treating kidney failure and later helped develop the first artificial heart.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tracy, Kathleen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hockessin, Del. : Mitchell Lane Pub., [2003]
Series:Unlocking the secrets of science.
Subjects:
Kolff, Willem J. > Juvenile literature.
Hemodialysis > History > Juvenile literature.
Artificial kidney > History > Juvenile literature.
Physicians > Netherlands > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Kolff, Willem J., > 1912-
Physicians.
Artificial kidney > History.
Kolff, Willem J., > 1912- > Juvenile literature.
Description
Summary:A biography of the Dutch doctor who worked to perfect a means of treating kidney failure and later helped develop the first artificial heart.
Physical Description:47 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:"Chronology": page 42.
Includes bibliographical references (page 44) and index.
ISBN:1584151358 (lib. bdg.)
9781584151357 (lib. bdg.)