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Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
Although not all of the following muscle groups are commonly used, intramuscular injections may be given into the abdominals, biceps, calves, deltoids, gluteals, laterals, pectorals, quadriceps, trapezoids, and triceps.
Earwax has antimicrobial properties that reduce the viability of bacteria and fungus in the human ear.
Cancer has been around as long as humankind, but only in the second half of the twentieth century did the number of cancer cases explode.
Cucumber slices relieve headaches by tightening blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the area, and relieving pressure.