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There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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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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ACTH levels are normally highest in the early morning (between 6 and 8 A.M.) and lowest in the evening (between 6 and 11 P.M.). Therefore, a doctor who suspects abnormal levels looks for low ACTH in the morning and high ACTH in the evening.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
Cell culture in a Petri dish
About 80% of all known mollusc species are gastropods (snails and slugs), including the cowry (a sea
Food dish
The thorax of apes, including humans, is broad but shallow in contrast to the narrower, deeper chest
Jean Piaget in his office.
Example of equipment used for a urine drug screen that a medical office may require before ...