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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Bacteria have been found alive in a lake buried one half mile under ice in Antarctica.
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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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Approximately 25% of all reported medication errors result from some kind of name confusion.
Legume root nodules.
True-color image of layers of haze in Titan's atmosphere.
