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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chemical that makes cattle bleed to death, Dicumarol, is now saving human lives. If a man takes Dicumarol capsules before or after an operation, dangerous blood clots may not form in his veins. The discoverer of the drug, Dr. Karl Paul Link, professor of biochemistry at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, recently told the Harvey Society at the New York Academy of Medicine about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blood and Clover | 2/14/1944 | See Source »

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