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Street names for barbiturates include reds, red devils, yellow jackets, blue heavens, Christmas trees, and rainbows. They are commonly referred to as downers.
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
The heart is located in the center of the chest, with part of it tipped slightly so that it taps against the left side of the chest.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
Historic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis have included gold salts, acupuncture, a diet consisting of apples or rhubarb, nutmeg, nettles, bee venom, bracelets made of copper, prayer, rest, tooth extractions, fasting, honey, vitamins, insulin, snow collected on Christmas, magnets, and electric convulsion therapy.