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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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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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Most childhood vaccines are 90–99% effective in preventing disease. Side effects are rarely serious.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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Aspirin may benefit 11 different cancers, including those of the colon, pancreas, lungs, prostate, breasts, and leukemia.