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Cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection that has been fatal in at least 29% of cases, and in as many as 83% of cases, depending on the patient's health prior to infection. It has occurred often after natural disasters such as tornados, and early treatment is essential.
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More than 34,000 trademarked medication names and more than 10,000 generic medication names are in use in the United States.
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Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
Lymphatic vessels (green) pick up excess tissue fluid, purify it in lymph nodes, and return it to th
A sod house in North Dakota, 1896. Individual “bricks” of sod were hewn from the ground and stacked
Examples of the most common X-ray positions and the images they produce.
As some groups do ethnic work, they produce a mythical long-lost heritage, as in this photo of ...
The Accessory Organs The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas produce digestive secretions that flow
Diagrams a mitotic chromosome, showing how chromatin is condensed to produce it