Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026

The discovery of Dicumarol and its sequels.

LINK, Karl Paul Gerhard (1901 – 1978) Wikipedia

Circulation, 19, 97-107. 1959.

An historical account of the discovery of the anticoagulant Warfarin by the primary investigator. The first use for this substance was rat poison. Digital facsimile from ahajournals.org at this link.

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Cardiology & Blood
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Subjects

CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Thrombosis / Embolism HEMATOLOGY › Anticoagulation PHARMACOLOGY › History of Pharmacology & Pharmaceuticals TOXICOLOGY

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Entry Number	#11405
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/13604
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	the-discovery-of-dicumarol-and-its-sequels