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Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.
If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
In Eastern Europe and Russia, interferon is administered intranasally in varied doses for the common cold and influenza. It is claimed that this treatment can lower the risk of infection by as much as 60–70%.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.