Opium has influenced much of the world's most popular literature. The following authors were all opium users, of varying degrees: Lewis Carroll, Charles, Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Oscar Wilde.
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The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.