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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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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Colchicine is a highly poisonous alkaloid originally extracted from a type of saffron plant that is used mainly to treat gout.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.