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Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded about 3,500 years ago in Egypt. The first manuscript specifically written about asthma was in the year 1190, describing a condition characterized by sudden breathlessness. The treatments listed in this manuscript include chicken soup, herbs, and sexual abstinence.
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The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.
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Warfarin was developed as a consequence of the study of a strange bleeding disorder that suddenly occurred in cattle on the northern prairies of the United States in the early 1900s.
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There are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in every adult human.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
Therapeutic index: (a) drug X has a therapeutic index of 4; (b) drug Z has a therapeutic index of 2
Example of the Index to External Causes.
Common Risk Factors
Body mass index table.
Curative Factors of Group Therapy
Other Factors Affecting Pulmonary Ventilation