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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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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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Most fungi that pathogenically affect humans live in soil. If a person is not healthy, has an open wound, or is immunocompromised, a fungal infection can be very aggressive.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.