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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%
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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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Certain rare plants containing cyanide include apricot pits and a type of potato called cassava. Fortunately, only chronic or massive ingestion of any of these plants can lead to serious poisoning.
Using a microscope to study the human body
The frontal lobe (green) bounded by the Sylvian fissure (yellow line) and central sulcus (red line),
Selected Human Viral Diseases
Anatomical directions in a human. Notice that the directions in the cerebral hemispheres are rotated ...
Human Gonads