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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Women are 50% to 75% more likely than men to experience an adverse drug reaction.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA was discovered in 1961 in the United Kingdom. It if often referred to as a superbug. MRSA infections cause more deaths in the United States every year than AIDS.
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The first oncogene was discovered in 1970 and was termed SRC (pronounced "SARK").