Product Description: This book tells the extraordinary story of how the function of the first- and so far almost the only- human organ was replaced by a machine, and the "artificial kidney" entered medical and public folk-lore. A practical articial kidney, or dialyser, came by advances in science followed by the acquisition of new synthetic materials which made the application of these ideas possible...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Almost one million people around the world suffer from kidney disease and owe their lives to dialysis or transplantation. Over the past 20 years their prospects for treatment and survival have dramatically improved thanks to medical advances...read more

Product Description: Book by Nunez, Juan F. Macias, Ph.D.

Explains how normal kidneys function, describes the symptoms of diseases and infections, and looks at the kinds of treatment available for kidney problems