In spite of the rapid advances in our knowledge of the physiology of blood coagulation, the reason why blood remains fluid in the body and yet clots rapidly in vitro remains obscure. It is taken for granted that the initial stimulus is the exposure to a 'foreign surface', but what this 'foreigness' is and how it acts are still matters of controversy.
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