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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Patients who have been on total parenteral nutrition for more than a few days may need to have foods gradually reintroduced to give the digestive tract time to start working again.
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The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.