The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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More than 50% of American adults have oral herpes, which is commonly known as "cold sores" or "fever blisters." The herpes virus can be active on the skin surface without showing any signs or causing any symptoms.
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The average adult has about 21 square feet of skin.
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Lower drug doses for elderly patients should be used first, with titrations of the dose as tolerated to prevent unwanted drug-related pharmacodynamic effects.
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Multiple sclerosis is a condition wherein the body's nervous system is weakened by an autoimmune reaction that attacks the myelin sheaths of neurons.
Rusophycus, a "resting trace" of a trilobite; Ordovician of southern Ohio. Scale bar is 10
Life-cycle of the Sun; sizes are not drawn to scale
Loyola Generativity Scale
Large-scale circulation systems produce global climate patterns