In the ancient and medieval periods, dysentery killed about ? of all babies before they reach 12 months of age. The disease was transferred through contaminated drinking water, because there was no way to adequately dispose of sewage, which contaminated the water.
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The average person is easily confused by the terms pharmaceutics and pharmacology, thinking they are one and the same. Whereas pharmaceutics is the science of preparing and dispensing drugs (otherwise known as the science of pharmacy), pharmacology is the study of medications.
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More than 150,000 Americans killed by cardiovascular disease are younger than the age of 65 years.
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There are more sensory neurons in the tongue than in any other part of the body.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
