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Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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Tobacco depletes the body of vitamins A, C, and E, which can result in any of the following: dry hair, dry skin, dry eyes, poor growth, night blindness, abscesses, insomnia, fatigue, reproductive system problems, sinusitis, pneumonia, frequent respiratory problems, skin disorders, weight loss, rickets, osteomalacia, nervousness, muscle spasms, leg cramps, extremity numbness, bone malformations, decayed teeth, difficulty in walking, irritability, restlessness, profuse sweating, increased uric acid (gout), joint damage, damaged red blood cells, destruction of nerves, infertility, miscarriage, and many types of cancer.
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Fatal fungal infections may be able to resist newer antifungal drugs. Globally, fungal infections are often fatal due to the lack of access to multiple antifungals, which may be required to be utilized in combination. Single antifungals may not be enough to stop a fungal infection from causing the death of a patient.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
When Union troops pushed toward Richmond in June of 1862, these slaves crossed the Rappahannock Rive
A sod house in North Dakota, 1896. Individual “bricks” of sod were hewn from the ground and stacked
Early in the twentieth century, when malnutrition was common, companies such as this one advertised
Surgical Gloving
Surgical needle shapes: (A) taper point; (B) cutting point.
A simple and easy-to-use tester can be made from a lighter plug and double banana plug that fits ...