The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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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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In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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