In 1983, a Connecticut engineer named Frank Hursey performed an experiment on a mouse that would change medicine forever. He cut the mouse open and applied a mineral called zeolite onto the wound. The wound stopped bleeding within seconds and Hursey released the mouse. Zeolite takes water out of wounds and forces platelets and clotting factors together. Frank Hursey created what it now known as QuikClot, a topical hemostat agent. The U.S. Army was a popular customer and for good reason. According to Charles Barber, author of In The Blood, QuikClot had a huge impact on one soldier in particular. Barber writes, “In November 2005, Lieutenant Ryan Kules, of the…