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Aspirin is the most widely used drug in the world. It has even been recognized as such by the Guinness Book of World Records.
It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
Cocaine was isolated in 1860 and first used as a local anesthetic in 1884. Its first clinical use was by Sigmund Freud to wean a patient from morphine addiction. The fictional character Sherlock Holmes was supposed to be addicted to cocaine by injection.
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.


