An intelligent and engaging account of dialysis from the early days to the present... I found the whole story fascinating and appreciated the inclusion of many reproductions and illustrations. The references are full and the assessement by Cameron is remarkably fair and modest for one who has himself made important advances in this specialty.

• 1. Why a history of dialysis? ; 2. Replacement of body function by mechanical means. ; 3. The science of dialysis: "uraemic toxins". ; 4. The science of dialysis: osmosis, diffusion and semi-permeable membranes. ; 5. Anticoagulants and extracorporeal circuits: the first haemodialysis. ; 6. The search for new dialysis membranes: the peritoneum and peritneal dialysis. ; 7. The first heamodialyses in humans: the introduction of heparin and cellophane. ; 8. The first practical dialysis machines. ; 9. Peritoneal and intestinal dialysis after the second world war. ; 10. The background: the emergence of acute renal failure as a syndrome. ; 11. The spread of dialysis treatment for acute renal failure: 1947-1960. ; 12. New designs of artificial kidney. ; 13. The role of dialysis technology in the founding of Nephrology. ; 14. New materials end new methods of access I: long-term haemodialysis becomes possible. ; 15. New materials and new methods of access II: long-term peritoneal dialysis becomes possible. ; 16. Dialysis patients in the 1960s and 1970s: old and new complications. ; 17. New technical advances and new problems. ; 18. Unexpected consequences: aluminium toxicity and dialysis amyloidosis. ; 19. Peritoneal dialysis transformed: CAPD. ; 20. Good news and bad news: treatment of anaemia, and the rising tide of diabetic nephropathy; withdrawl from dialysis. ; 21. The introduction growth of long-term dialysis during the 1960s in its fiscal and socio-political context. ; 22. Conclusion: dialysis today - and tomorrow?

An intelligent and engaging account of dialysis from the early days to the present... I found the whole story fascinating and appreciated the inclusion of many reproductions and illustrations. The references are full and the assessement by Cameron is remarkably fair and modest for one who has himself made important advances in this specialty.

• 1. Why a history of dialysis? ; 2. Replacement of body function by mechanical means. ; 3. The science of dialysis: "uraemic toxins". ; 4. The science of dialysis: osmosis, diffusion and semi-permeable membranes. ; 5. Anticoagulants and extracorporeal circuits: the first haemodialysis. ; 6. The search for new dialysis membranes: the peritoneum and peritneal dialysis. ; 7. The first heamodialyses in humans: the introduction of heparin and cellophane. ; 8. The first practical dialysis machines. ; 9. Peritoneal and intestinal dialysis after the second world war. ; 10. The background: the emergence of acute renal failure as a syndrome. ; 11. The spread of dialysis treatment for acute renal failure: 1947-1960. ; 12. New designs of artificial kidney. ; 13. The role of dialysis technology in the founding of Nephrology. ; 14. New materials end new methods of access I: long-term haemodialysis becomes possible. ; 15. New materials and new methods of access II: long-term peritoneal dialysis becomes possible. ; 16. Dialysis patients in the 1960s and 1970s: old and new complications. ; 17. New technical advances and new problems. ; 18. Unexpected consequences: aluminium toxicity and dialysis amyloidosis. ; 19. Peritoneal dialysis transformed: CAPD. ; 20. Good news and bad news: treatment of anaemia, and the rising tide of diabetic nephropathy; withdrawl from dialysis. ; 21. The introduction growth of long-term dialysis during the 1960s in its fiscal and socio-political context. ; 22. Conclusion: dialysis today - and tomorrow?

An intelligent and engaging account of dialysis from the early days to the present... I found the whole story fascinating and appreciated the inclusion of many reproductions and illustrations. The references are full and the assessement by Cameron is remarkably fair and modest for one who has himself made important advances in this specialty.

• 1. Why a history of dialysis? ; 2. Replacement of body function by mechanical means. ; 3. The science of dialysis: "uraemic toxins". ; 4. The science of dialysis: osmosis, diffusion and semi-permeable membranes. ; 5. Anticoagulants and extracorporeal circuits: the first haemodialysis. ; 6. The search for new dialysis membranes: the peritoneum and peritneal dialysis. ; 7. The first heamodialyses in humans: the introduction of heparin and cellophane. ; 8. The first practical dialysis machines. ; 9. Peritoneal and intestinal dialysis after the second world war. ; 10. The background: the emergence of acute renal failure as a syndrome. ; 11. The spread of dialysis treatment for acute renal failure: 1947-1960. ; 12. New designs of artificial kidney. ; 13. The role of dialysis technology in the founding of Nephrology. ; 14. New materials end new methods of access I: long-term haemodialysis becomes possible. ; 15. New materials and new methods of access II: long-term peritoneal dialysis becomes possible. ; 16. Dialysis patients in the 1960s and 1970s: old and new complications. ; 17. New technical advances and new problems. ; 18. Unexpected consequences: aluminium toxicity and dialysis amyloidosis. ; 19. Peritoneal dialysis transformed: CAPD. ; 20. Good news and bad news: treatment of anaemia, and the rising tide of diabetic nephropathy; withdrawl from dialysis. ; 21. The introduction growth of long-term dialysis during the 1960s in its fiscal and socio-political context. ; 22. Conclusion: dialysis today - and tomorrow?