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When the blood in a man's body becomes fouled, it may be possible to remove and wash it, like linen. A remarkable device to accomplish this is being perfected by Dr. John J. Abel, distinguished pharmacologist of Johns Hopkins University. It is, in effect, an artificial kidney, an external laundry for the blood. The purpose of the apparatus is to extract foreign substances and mineral poisons from the circulation by tapping one of the large arteries, passing the blood through a purifier, and returning it to the heart by reinjection in a vein...
...Hecht was a Pharmacologist in the Bureau of Chemistry of the United States Department of Agriculture. In the summers of 1912 and 1913, he served as a Scientific Assistant in the Bureau of Fisheries. He is an expert on the effect of light and chemicals on the sensory responses of animals...