Charcoal Kidney

Series

Series Name

Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

126

Date Released

1973

Length of issue (in feet)

431

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mini Hailer
2. 2Hot Pitch
3. 3Charcoal Kidney
4. 4Firecheck

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: Charcoal is very efficient at removing waste material from the blood, and the development of a special polymer coating has made it safe for use in artificial kidney or dialysis machines. Patients who have had to attach themselves to conventional machines for up to thirty hours a week can look forward to much shorter and simpler dialysis sessions in future on a charcoal based machine.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Engineering; Inventions and discoveries

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/126

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Address

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Notes

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