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Commentary by Thomas Stephen Kickler, MD

JAMA. 2009;301(21):2267-2269.

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The Relation of Blood Platelets to Hemorrhagic Disease: Description of a Method for Determining the Bleeding Time and Coagulation Time and Report of Three Cases of Hemorrhagic Disease Relieved by Transfusion

W. W. Duke, MD

JAMA. 1910;55(14):1185-1192

The purpose of this article is to report 3 cases and experiments that furnish additional evidence showing that blood platelets play a part in stopping hemorrhagic disease. In addition, a method for studying hemorrhage called the bleeding time, and a simple method for determining the coagulation time are described.

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Author Affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hematology and Coagulation Laboratory of the Department of Pathology, Baltimore, Maryland.

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