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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
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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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In 1886, William Bates reported on the discovery of a substance produced by the adrenal gland that turned out to be epinephrine (adrenaline). In 1904, this drug was first artificially synthesized by Friedrich Stolz.
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More than nineteen million Americans carry the factor V gene that causes blood clots, pulmonary embolism, and heart disease.