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The Artificial Kidney by Kolff, Dr. W.J - 1946: (Signed)

by Kolff, Dr. W.J

The Artificial Kidney by Kolff, Dr. W.J - 1946

The Artificial Kidney: (Signed)

by Kolff, Dr. W.J

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Kampen, Holland: J.H. Kok, 1946. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Softcover in original wrappers. 8vo. Special limited edition volume prepared for the private use of the author for distribution to his friends and colleagues. This copy SIGNED by Kolff in New York City to a fellow doctor, then at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, later in private practice in Beverly Hills. Signature begins on paste-down wrapper and runs over onto title page. Slight damage to very top of spine, and some light mottling to front wrap. Book is otherwise crisp and clean, with many photos, diagrams, and one folding plate. Kolff has been dubbed the Father of Artificial Organs and is regarded as one of the luminaries of twentieth-century medicine. Scarce. 92 pp.

  • Bookseller Warwick Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher J.H. Kok
  • Place of Publication Kampen, Holland
  • Date Published 1946
  • Keywords "De Kunstmatige Niet"
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De kunstmatige nier. First Edition, also published as "Proefschrift" in Groningen!

by KOLFF, DR. W.J

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Kampen : J.H. Kok N.V., 1946. SOFTCOVER . 200 p., frontispiece (with b/w photo of first artificial kidney), text figs.; folding tables; folding plan, index Original wrappers. Bookplate of former owner on inside of front wrapper. Pages uncut. Spine bit darkened. VERY GOOD VERY RARE ZELDZAAM Willem Johan Kolff (1911-2009) was a pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs. Willem is a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War. He emigrated in 1950 to the United States, where he obtained US citizenship in 1955, and received a number of awards and widespread recognition for his work. Kolff developed the first functioning artificial kidney. He treated his first patient in 1943, and in 1945 he was able to save a patient's life with hemodialysis treatment. In 1946 he obtained a PhD degree summa cum laude at University of Groningen on the subject. It marks the… Read More
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