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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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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.
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The average human gut is home to perhaps 500 to 1,000 different species of bacteria.
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It is believed that the Incas used anesthesia. Evidence supports the theory that shamans chewed cocoa leaves and drilled holes into the heads of patients (letting evil spirits escape), spitting into the wounds they made. The mixture of cocaine, saliva, and resin numbed the site enough to allow hours of drilling.