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Elderly adults are living longer, and causes of death are shifting. At the same time, autopsy rates are at or near their lowest in history.
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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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In 1885, the Lloyd Manufacturing Company of Albany, New York, promoted and sold "Cocaine Toothache Drops" at 15 cents per bottle! In 1914, the Harrison Narcotic Act brought the sale and distribution of this drug under federal control.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.