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...implacable laws of hemophilic heredity are carriers themselves. Hemophile Don Alfonso, the eldest son, renounced his right to the crown when he married a wealthy but untitled Cuban, bled to death after an auto accident in Florida three years ago. Earlier, the youngest son, Don Gonzalo, also a bleeder, died after a minor car smash...
Findings: After six hours, clotting time of mature bleeder rats was reduced from, about nine minutes to three. Clotting time of normal male rats, normal dogs and bleeder dogs was reduced about 50%. Chicks which had been given a diet deficient in Vitamin K (bloodclotting vitamin found in leafy vegetables and cereals) showed a reduction in clotting time from about 17 minutes to five after sterol injections. Although the sterol acts like Vitamin K, said the scientists, it is an entirely different substance. Its effects lasted for several days...