La, Jan. 28. a of halting excessive bleeding either during surgical operations or from wounds.
The new, discovery involves spraying the bleeding area with thrombin, which is extracted from beef blood at nominal cost, and mixed with acids. Thus far the experiments have been conducted only on animals, using an ordinary perfume atomizer. Ex. cessive bleeding has been halted al most immediately by the new method.
Dr. Harry Smith, one of the discoverers, forecast that the new treatment would be useful in the treatment of hemophilia—United Press.
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