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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About 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world population, are at risk for malaria. In 2015, there are about 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths.
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Excessive alcohol use costs the country approximately $235 billion every year.
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Pubic lice (crabs) are usually spread through sexual contact. You cannot catch them by using a public toilet.
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Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.
A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park.
Indian wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) at Ranthambore National Park
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