By the way, I was only kidding about the"kidneys of the distant future" thing. Nice discussion, though.

Phoning it in, dialysis-wise
For what it's worth, I'm a doctor and Doc Cottle's explanation about the Baby Chief's kidney problem ("We'll try dialysis. If that doesn't work he may lose a kidney.") made no sense at all. I realize that this was merely a plot device for the Chief/Hot Dog/Nicky's-not-a…