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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
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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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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Amphetamine poisoning can cause intravascular coagulation, circulatory collapse, rhabdomyolysis, ischemic colitis, acute psychosis, hyperthermia, respiratory distress syndrome, and pericarditis.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.