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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Many medications that are used to treat infertility are injected subcutaneously. This is easy to do using the anterior abdomen as the site of injection but avoiding the area directly around the belly button.
Adolescents often feel clumsy during puberty because during this time of development, their hands and feet grow faster than their arms and legs do. The body is therefore out of proportion. One out of five adolescents actually experiences growing pains during this period.
The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.