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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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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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Nearly 31 million adults in America have a total cholesterol level that is more than 240 mg per dL.
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Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.