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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
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Nitroglycerin is used to alleviate various heart-related conditions, and it is also the chief component of dynamite (but mixed in a solid clay base to stabilize it).
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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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Atropine was named after the Greek goddess Atropos, the oldest and ugliest of the three sisters known as the Fates, who controlled the destiny of men.
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After a vasectomy, it takes about 12 ejaculations to clear out sperm that were already beyond the blocked area.