Once thought to have neurofibromatosis, Joseph Merrick (also known as "the elephant man") is now, in retrospect, thought by clinical experts to have had Proteus syndrome. This endocrine disease causes continued and abnormal growth of the bones, muscles, skin, and so on and can become completely debilitating with severe deformities occurring anywhere on the body.
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Egg cells are about the size of a grain of sand. They are formed inside of a female's ovaries before she is even born.
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Ether was used widely for surgeries but became less popular because of its flammability and its tendency to cause vomiting. In England, it was quickly replaced by chloroform, but this agent caused many deaths and lost popularity.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
