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Eat fiber! A diet high in fiber can help lower cholesterol levels by as much as 10%.
Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).
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.
Your heart beats over 36 million times a year.
More than 2,500 barbiturates have been synthesized. At the height of their popularity, about 50 were marketed for human use.