Word: prothrombin
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...much risk of death from disease and wounds as in World War I. One of the great advances has been in the field of blood plasma. Plasma has been split into several useful components: albumins, which proved even better than whole plasma in treating shock; blood-clotting factors (prothrombin and fibrinogen), which look very promising in the treatment of hemorrhage and burns; antibodies, which have been tried as injections against virus diseases, have already worked well in preventing measles...
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