The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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Russia has the highest death rate from cardiovascular disease followed by the Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, and Poland.
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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.
