Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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Medication errors are three times higher among children and infants than with adults.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
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In 1835 it was discovered that a disease of silkworms known as muscardine could be transferred from one silkworm to another, and was caused by a fungus.
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A recruiting poster for the “True Sons of Freedom” encouraged African Americans to enlist. In fact,