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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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There are over 65,000 known species of protozoa. About 10,000 species are parasitic.
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The word drug comes from the Dutch word droog (meaning "dry"). For centuries, most drugs came from dried plants, hence the name.
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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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More than 30% of American adults, and about 12% of children utilize health care approaches that were developed outside of conventional medicine.