Throughout history, plants containing cardiac steroids have been used as heart drugs and as poisons (e.g., in arrows used in combat), emetics, and diuretics.
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It is difficult to obtain enough calcium without consuming milk or other dairy foods.
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In ancient Rome, many of the richer people in the population had lead-induced gout. The reason for this is unclear. Lead poisoning has also been linked to madness.
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The people with the highest levels of LDL are Mexican American males and non-Hispanic black females.
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The first documented use of surgical anesthesia in the United States was in Connecticut in 1844.
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The skullcap from Trinil, Java is the type specimen for H. erectus and is about 900,000 years old.
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