40 Years of Hemodialysis

by Stanley Shaldon, M.D., F.R.C.P.


Stanley Shaldon

In 2001 Stanley Shaldon delivered a lecture outlining the significant accomplishments that led to the development of home dialysis. Now, as we embrace this technology as “new” it is interesting that it actually began in the 1960s. Here is the 7 part series of quicktime lectures to that capture the history of the first practical dialysis machines, the AV fistula, and the concept of home dialysis.

This program will run on the PC using Windows Media Player and on a Macintosh using Quicktime Player. These are large files with embedded sound, so it is best to use a fast connection.

MP4 (MPEG-4) files can be downloaded as iPod videos.


Lecture Series

Title Quicktime (.mov) MPEG-4 (.mp4) Windows Media (.wmv)
Part 1 Part 1 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 2 Part 2 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 3 Part 3 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 4 Part 4 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 5 Part 5 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 6 Part 6 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
Part 7 Part 7 Quicktime MPEG-4 WMV
The Evolution of Self Dialysis (1963) WMV
The Evolution of Self Dialysis — The AV Fistula WMV
The Evolution of Self Dialysis — Self Cannulation WMV

Related Publication

Lancet 1:520–523, 1968 — Independence in Dialysis (PubMed)


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