Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Approximately 15–25% of recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage. However, many miscarriages often occur before a woman even knows she is pregnant.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
The respiratory system: nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchus, and lung with expanded vie
Conduction system of the heart.
Limbic system.
Neural Pathways of the Gustatory System
The major structures of the limbic system: amygdala, hippocampus, cingulate cortex, fornix, septum, ...