The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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In 1844, Charles Goodyear obtained the first patent for a rubber condom.
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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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Malaria was not eliminated in the United States until 1951. The term eliminated means that no new cases arise in a country for 3 years.
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In 2006, a generic antinausea drug named ondansetron was approved. It is used to stop nausea and vomiting associated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
electron microscope image of a pyralidae moth
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Electron micrograph of the bacterium Escherichia coli