Dropsy, dialysis, transplant : a short history of failing kidneys / Steven J. Peitzman.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

xxi, 213 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-207) and index.

Swollen with dropsy -- Richard Bright's new disease -- Sympathy and flannel -- Enter the microscope and the laboratory -- Renal shutdown, a needle, and the end of Bright's disease -- Inventing chronic dialysis -- Coupled to the artificial kidney -- The gift of life -- Progression and renewal.