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The thromboplastic action of cephalin.

Publication Details

Amer. J. Physiol., 41, 250-57. 1916 CE.

McLean extracted from dog liver a substance which retarded blood coagulation in vitro and which, after further work by Howell and Holt (No.905), was named heparin.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#904
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1033
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-thromboplastic-action-of-cephalin