Attached statement: "An 'artificial kidney' used in illnesses when human kidneys are not functioning properly is shown in operation at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center. "Dr. Franklin H. Epstein (left) and Dr. Howard Levitin (right) together with nurse (center) operate the equipment connected by tubes to the artery of the patient's arm shown in foreground.... The 'artificial kidney' was purchased by a gift of $5000 to Yale from the United Fund of Middletown, Connecticut, March 1959"
Subject (Geographic):
United States
Subject (Name):
Epstein, Franklin H., 1924-2008, Levitin, Howard, 1928-2010, and Yale-New Haven Medical Center