Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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There are 20 feet of blood vessels in each square inch of human skin.
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About 3.2 billion people, nearly half the world population, are at risk for malaria. In 2015, there are about 214 million malaria cases and an estimated 438,000 malaria deaths.
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Cyanide works by making the human body unable to use oxygen.
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In 1900, Ashcan artist George Luks portrayed corporate monopolies and franchises as a monster preyin
The major cortical input and output pathways of the posterior parietal association cortex. Shown are ...