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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.
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When taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors, people should avoid a variety of foods, which include alcoholic beverages, bean curd, broad (fava) bean pods, cheese, fish, ginseng, protein extracts, meat, sauerkraut, shrimp paste, soups, and yeast.
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Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Bacteria have flourished on the earth for over three billion years. They were the first life forms on the planet.
Summary of events in a typical humoral immune response.
Spectra of a Metal-Poor and a Metal-Rich Star
A typical distillation curve. Heavier molecules evaporate at higher temperatures and contain more ...
A typical waveform of a TP sensor signal as recorded on a DSO when the accelerator pedal was ...
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Early growth of corn (Zea mays), a typical monocot.