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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Addicts to opiates often avoid treatment because they are afraid of withdrawal. Though unpleasant, with proper management, withdrawal is rarely fatal and passes relatively quickly.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.