jan 9, 1943 - Dialysis
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Willem J. Kolff, a Dutch physician, built the first dialysis machine, working with tin cans and parts from washing machines during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Although his first few attempts were failures, Dr. Kolff did finally develop a useful machine in the 1950s while working with colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic (nytimes).
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