Louisiana's first artificial kidney saved a human life this month at Charity Hospital.
The kidney, which resembles a complex washing machine, belongs to the LSU medical school
LSU doctors used the device as a last resort—otherwise the patient would have died. The machine had been used here before only in animal experiments.
THE FIRST patient is now almost, fully recovered, according to Dr. Edward S. Hyman, clinical instructor of medicine, who supervises the machine's operation.
Dr. Hyman said the patient improved greatly after a few hours help, although her kidneys did not function for two weeks. Dean William W. Frye of the medical school said the artificial kidney will be used for patients from all over the state. PHOTO: ALREADY CREDITED with saving one life, Louisiana's first artificial kidney goes through a trial run. Dark streaks in the drum-like apparatus are cellophane tubing, used to "purify" a pint of blood in a three-minute trip from the wrist. Dr. Fred Bloodworth and Dr. Edward Hyman watch as Maury Bronstein, first year resident, acts as a Patient.
