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.
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The human body produces and destroys 15 million blood cells every second.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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Critical care patients are twice as likely to receive the wrong medication. Of these errors, 20% are life-threatening, and 42% require additional life-sustaining treatments.
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Vaccines prevent between 2.5 and 4 million deaths every year.
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