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Cylindrical blood-clots, 3 inches in length, were passed on the first two occasions of micturition after the accident, and the urine contained blood.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry

Lutein is a colouring matter sometimes found in blood-clots, and probably derived from haemoglobin.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

In cases of extensive laceration of the soft parts, all soiled, bruised, or torn portions of tissue should be clipped away with scissors, blood-clots removed, and the bleeding arrested by forci-pressure or ligature.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

These all show the same dusky or cyanosed mucous membranes, disintegrating blood-globules, loose blood-clots, petechi�, blood-extravasations, sudden and great prostration, and enlargement and congestion of the lymphatic glands or spleen.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The blood-clots came and the poor fellow fell asleep.

From Letters on an Elk Hunt by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt