Birth and Life
Henrik Dam
chemist
| Date of birth |
21. 2. 1895 |
| Country of birth |
Denmark |
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Work, awards, recognitions, ...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943.\r\nHe discovered vitamin K.
Death
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There is no grave, the photos show the area where (or close) his ashes were scattered.
Summary from Wikipedia
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1943 for joint work with Edward Doisy in discovering vitamin K and its role in human physiology. Dam's key experiment involved feeding a cholesterol-free diet to chickens.[1] He initially replicated experiments reported by scientists at the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC).[2] McFarlane, Graham and Richardson, working on the chick feed program at OAC, had used chloroform to remove all fat from chick chow. They noticed that chicks fed only fat-depleted chow developed hemorrhages and started bleeding from tag sites.[3] Dam f ...
Author of contribution: Janez, published 10. 1. 2016
