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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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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.