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
Inscription: Reproduced for Associates of the Yale Medical Library; Printed by The Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Conn. and The pharmacy was removed from the lobby outside the medical library at the time of a major library renovation ca. 1989.
Publisher:
Associates of Yale Medical Library
Subject (Name):
Streeter, Edward Clark, 1874-1947
Subject (Topic):
Medical libraries, New Haven (Conn.), Pharmacies, and Yale Medical Library