1968 Press Photo Al Yeager and wife Joyce set up Artificial Kidney Unit at Home

Al Yeager, a patient at the Touro Infirmary hemodialysis center for nearly a year, is assisted by his wife, Joyce, as he prepares an artificial kidney unit he will now use at home. Home treatment with the highly sophisticated kidney unit will allow Al to report to his job daily and at considerably less cost than the $14,000 annually at the hospital. When the lights flash and the buzzer sounds, Al Yeager knows he's hit pay dirt. Even when they don't, he's a winner. His lucky streak began last October, and today, he struck it rich.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.