Photograph of four (4) Rotating Drum Artificial Kidneys.
date: label: Date made
content: 1962-11-20
name: label: maker
content: Fegen, J. Peter
notes: label: Description
content: Framed photograph of four rotating drum kidneys ready to be shipped. An inscription reads "November 20, 1962 / To Dr Kolff - / In appreciation for a wonderful experience / J. Peter Fegen." Willem Johann Kolff (1911-2009) was a Dutch physician, an important pioneer in the fields of hemodialysis and the use of artificial hearts, and immigrant to the United States.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Willem Kolff, Doctor Who Invented Kidney and Heart Machines, Dies at 97,” New York Times (Feb. 13, 2009), p. A23.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0035.001
label: accession number
content: 1998.0035
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0035.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: photograph, rotating drum artificial kidneys
label: Object Name
content: Photograph, Rotating Drum Artificial Kidneys
label: Object Name
content: kidney, artificial
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 11 in; 23.495 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 11 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 23.495 cm x 28.2575 cm x 2.2225 cm