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Wisconsin Book of the Month: ‘Saving Hearts and Killing Rats,’ on scientist behind warfarin

In his new biography “Saving Hearts and Killing Rats: Karl Paul Link and the Discovery of Warfarin” (HenschelHAUS Publishing), veteran Madison journalist and author Doug Moe recounts the steps from hay to medicine while also building up a portrait of Link, a University of Wisconsin-Madison biochemist with a propensity for battling authority.