In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Russia has the highest death rate from cardiovascular disease followed by the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, and Poland.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Pope Sylvester II tried to introduce Arabic numbers into Europe between the years 999 and 1003, but their use did not catch on for a few more centuries, and Roman numerals continued to be the primary number system.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
