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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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According to the FDA, adverse drug events harmed or killed approximately 1,200,000 people in the United States in the year 2015.
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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.