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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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If you could remove all of your skin, it would weigh up to 5 pounds.
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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.