Willem Kolff and the Invention of the Dialysis Machine
- ISBN-10
- 1584151358
- ISBN-13
- 9781584151357
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 47
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-10-01
- Publisher
- Mitchell Lane Pub Incorporated
- Author
- Kathleen Tracy
Description
A biography of the Dutch doctor who worked to perfect a means of treating kidney failure and later helped develop the first artificial heart.
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