To prove that stomach ulcers were caused by bacteria and not by stress, a researcher consumed an entire laboratory beaker full of bacterial culture. After this, he did indeed develop stomach ulcers, and won the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
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The term pharmacology is derived from the Greek words pharmakon("claim, medicine, poison, or remedy") and logos ("study").
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Alcohol acts as a diuretic. Eight ounces of water is needed to metabolize just 1 ounce of alcohol.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
While a lioness such as this one has very sharp teeth, prey is usually killed by strangulation
A 3-tonne (3.0-long-ton; 3.3-short-ton) great white shark off Isla Guadalupe
Alligators are apex predators capable of killing large terrestrial prey. This large AAmerican alliga