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Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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Human kidneys will clean about 1 million gallons of blood in an average lifetime.
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There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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There are approximately 3 million unintended pregnancies in the United States each year.