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The first war in which wide-scale use of anesthetics occurred was the Civil War, and 80% of all wounds were in the extremities.
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Prostaglandins were first isolated from human semen in Sweden in the 1930s. They were so named because the researcher thought that they came from the prostate gland. In fact, prostaglandins exist and are synthesized in almost every cell of the body.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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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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Between 1999 and 2012, American adults with high total cholesterol decreased from 18.3% to 12.9%