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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.