Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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In the United States, there is a birth every 8 seconds, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clock.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, lung disease is the third leading killer in the United States, responsible for one in seven deaths. It is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of one year.