On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.
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Drugs are in development that may cure asthma and hay fever once and for all. They target leukotrienes, which are known to cause tightening of the air passages in the lungs and increase mucus productions in nasal passages.
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Atropine, along with scopolamine and hyoscyamine, is found in the Datura stramonium plant, which gives hallucinogenic effects and is also known as locoweed.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
Saturn’s Ring System
The endocrine system
Disorders of the Respiratory System Cont
Major Degenerative Diseases of the Central Nervous System