Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
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More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath.
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