Date in year · 1960 · The 1960s
On March 9, 1960, dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. The year's #1 song was "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith. Rudi Völler, Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Gustavo Petro would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · March 9, 1960
Belding Hibbard Scribner was an American physician and a pioneer in kidney dialysis.
Around 1960
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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20th-century American physician and pioneer of kidney dialysis
Belding Hibbard Scribner was an American physician and a pioneer in kidney dialysis.
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