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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 31 > Hugh Butt pioneered research of vitamin K

Hugh Butt pioneered research of vitamin K

By Thomas H. Maugh II / The Bulletin
August 31, 2008

Dr. Hugh Butt, the Mayo Clinic physician who discovered the role of vitamin K in clotting and developed anti-clotting techniques that paved the way for open-heart surgery and transplants, died Aug. 16 in Rochester, Minn.

He was 98 and died of natural causes after suffering a fall in his home.

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