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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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As many as 28% of hospitalized patients requiring mechanical ventilators to help them breathe (for more than 48 hours) will develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. Current therapy involves intravenous antibiotics, but new antibiotics that can be inhaled (and more directly treat the infection) are being developed.
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About 100 new prescription or over-the-counter drugs come into the U.S. market every year.
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In 1864, the first barbiturate (barbituric acid) was synthesized.
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The most common childhood diseases include croup, chickenpox, ear infections, flu, pneumonia, ringworm, respiratory syncytial virus, scabies, head lice, and asthma.