Charcoal: from antiquity to artificial kidney

According to Herodotus, the use of charcoal was introduced in ancient Egypt; however only in 1773 Carl Willhelm Scheele utilized it for adsorbing gases. Finally, Hippocrates Yatzidis in 1963 demonstrated its binding capacity for toxic substances of endogenous or exogenous origin and used it for hemo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of nephrology 2004-05, Vol.17 (3), p.453
Hauptverfasser:	Marketos, Spyros G, Androutsos, George
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Charcoal - history Dialysis - history Greece Hemoperfusion - history History, 18th Century History, 19th Century History, 20th Century History, Ancient Humans Kidneys, Artificial - history
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Zusammenfassung:	According to Herodotus, the use of charcoal was introduced in ancient Egypt; however only in 1773 Carl Willhelm Scheele utilized it for adsorbing gases. Finally, Hippocrates Yatzidis in 1963 demonstrated its binding capacity for toxic substances of endogenous or exogenous origin and used it for hemoperfusion systems.
ISSN:	1121-8428