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Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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As many as 20% of Americans have been infected by the fungus known as Histoplasmosis. While most people are asymptomatic or only have slight symptoms, infection can progress to a rapid and potentially fatal superinfection.
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Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.