Henrik Dam

Henrik Dam (Full name Carl Peter Henrik Dam) (February 21, 1895 - April 18, 1976) was a Danish biochemist and physiologist.

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He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for his work in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology. His key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol-free diet to chickens. The chickens began hemmoraging and bleeding uncontrollably after a few weeks. Dam isolated the dietary substance needed for blood clotting and called it the "coagulation vitamin" or Koagulations Vitamin in Danish, which became shortened to vitamin K.

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He was born and died in Copenhagen.

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http://brunklp.narod.ru/dam-bio.html

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February 21: February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 313 days remaining, 314 in leap years....

1895: 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar)....

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