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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Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.
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On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
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The shortest mature adult human of whom there is independent evidence was Gul Mohammed in India. In 1990, he was measured in New Delhi and stood 22.5 inches tall.
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Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
Temperament refers to stable differences in the emotional reactions of different children to similar ...