Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
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Long-term mental and physical effects from substance abuse include: paranoia, psychosis, immune deficiencies, and organ damage.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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Everyone has one nostril that is larger than the other.
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Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
Anopheles larva from southern Germany, about 8 mm long
Components of a long bone. The entire long bone is on the left side accompanied by a blowup of the p
Term neonate.
fMRI Machine It is not until after toddlerhood that most children can lie still long enough to have
The Greenhouse Effect
The term “natural,” when used on the packaging of meat and poultry