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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Most fungi that pathogenically affect humans live in soil. If a person is not healthy, has an open wound, or is immunocompromised, a fungal infection can be very aggressive.
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A strange skin disease referred to as Morgellons has occurred in the southern United States and in California. Symptoms include slowly healing sores, joint pain, persistent fatigue, and a sensation of things crawling through the skin. Another symptom is strange-looking, threadlike extrusions coming out of the skin.
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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.
Five Areas for listening to the heart
A medical assistant listening to the patient and physician discuss the patient's care.
Listening to the fetal heartbeat with a Doppler device.
Passive touch by holding the head lightly.
Passive shoulder roll: mobilizing technique for the shoulder with recipient in supine position.
Embryonic development of shepherd’s purse (Capsella), a eudicot