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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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
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There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
Common Gorse
Basal cell carcinoma, a frequent type of skin cancer that rarely metastasizes.
20 common amino acids
Common eye and vision problems
In addition to common schools, thousands of female seminaries were built between 1820 and 1850, many