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joseph wetherill eschbach dead 7 september 2007 bellevue , washington detroit , michigan 21 january 1933 drjwescbach.jpg joseph w. eschbach
 joseph w. eschbach
joseph w. eschbach

joseph wetherill eschbach -lrb- january 21 , 1933 -- september 7 , 2007 -rrb- was an american doctor and kidney specialist whose twenty years of research starting in the 1960s led to an improvement in the treatment of anemia .
dr. eschbach graduated from jefferson medical college in 1959 .
eschbach was married to maryann eschbach for 51 years , they had 3 children ; 5 grandchildren .
