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Dialysis Machine that helped millions of people with disorders and kidney failure, was discovered by Dutch man Willem Kolf (1911) during World War II with the first test conducted in 1943.

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This photo is summarized from the Willem Johan Kolff - Wikipedia

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Kolff eventually migrated to the United States in 1950 and continued research on the development of artificial heart machines in his new home at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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Hemodialysis is an act of cleansing toxins in the body, because the kidneys are no longer able to dispose of the remaining metabolism in the body. Hemodialysis is performed in patients with chronic kidney disease and acute renal disease under certain conditions.

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