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The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
A headache when you wake up in the morning is indicative of sinusitis. Other symptoms of sinusitis can include fever, weakness, tiredness, a cough that may be more severe at night, and a runny nose or nasal congestion.