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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The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 and occurred in Boston. A kidney from an identical twin was transplanted into his dying brother's body and was not rejected because it did not appear foreign to his body.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all women age 65 years of age or older should be screened with bone densitometry.
