Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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The strongest synthetic topical retinoid drug available, tazarotene, is used to treat sun-damaged skin, acne, and psoriasis.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
Conservation of synteny between human and mouse
A BLAST alignment between human myoglobin and human a-globin showing a 25% sequence identity
Human reproduction
A karyogram of the human chromosome set, showing the distinctive banding pattern of each chromosome.