Oliver Wendell Holmes is credited with introducing the words "anesthesia" and "anesthetic" into the English language in 1846.
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In most cases, kidneys can recover from almost complete loss of function, such as in acute kidney (renal) failure.
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When intravenous medications are involved in adverse drug events, their harmful effects may occur more rapidly, and be more severe than errors with oral medications. This is due to the direct administration into the bloodstream.
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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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Blood is approximately twice as thick as water because of the cells and other components found in it.
The organic compounds from which most cellular materials are constructed: the ABCs of biochemistry
Hydrogen bonding of water with itself and with other compounds