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Barbituric acid, the base material of barbiturates, was first synthesized in 1863 by Adolph von Bayer. His company later went on to synthesize aspirin for the first time, and Bayer aspirin is still a popular brand today.
In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
In the United States, an estimated 50 million unnecessary antibiotics are prescribed for viral respiratory infections.
More than 4.4billion prescriptions were dispensed within the United States in 2016.