The place to go for more info is Edren history links, and you can enjoy our History of Nephrology blog. 

Miscellaneous resources hosted here

The Korean war saw the first systematic use of dialysis for acute renal failure under the auspices of Dr George Schreiner (more info from the History of Nephrology blog)
A historic but low-quality snippet of a movie which is currently unavailable on the Walter Reed Hospital website is also available from the foot of this page.  We'll find some more.