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• Quinine
  ...La Condamine]] in 1737. Quinine was isolated and named in 1820 by French researchers [[Pierre Joseph Pelletier]] and [[Joseph Bienaimé Caventou]]. The name was ...|url= }} Also cites {{cite book |title=The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity |last=Porter |first=Roy |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=
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• Mefloquine
  ...merican Life]] broadcast entitled "Contents Unknown" tells the story of an American who lost his memory while working in India as a result of mefloquine prophy In 2004, researchers found that mefloquine in adult mice blocks [[connexin]]s called [[Cx36]] an
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• Acetylcysteine
  ...eine in the treatment of acetaminophen poisoning | year = 2006 | journal = American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy | volume = 63 | pages = 1821 | issue = 19 ...the ''New England Journal of Medicine'' and the ''Journal of the American Medical Association.'' The authors' conclusions in those papers were:
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• Gentamicin
  ...g.org/disorders/bilat/gentamicin_toxicity.html Gentamicin Toxicity] at the American Hearing Research Foundation</ref>. However, gentamicin is sometimes used in ...iatric, Psychogenic and Somatopsychic Disorders Handbook. Garden City, NY. Medical Examination Publishing Co.,1978. Pp.136-137. ISBN 0-87488-596-5. </ref>
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• Potassium iodide
  ...uticals in Nuclear Pharmacy and Nuclear Medicine. 2nd ed. Washington DC: American Pharmacists Association; 2004.</ref>. However, some sources recommend alte ...cancer among KI recipients.<ref name="AJM93">{{Cite journal | journal = [[American Journal of Medicine]] | year = 1993 | volume = 94 | title = Iodine Prophyla
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• Sodium nitrite
  ===Medical uses=== ...3 = Hankinson | first3 = J. L. | last4 = Barr | first4 = R. G. | journal = American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | volume = 175 | issue =
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• Ketamine
  ...of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{Cite web ...rotoxicity]] and [[seizure]]s. The drug was first given to [[United States|American]] soldiers during the [[Vietnam War]]. It is still widely used in humans. I
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• Metformin
  ...cite journal |author=[[American Diabetes Association]] |title=Standards of medical care in diabetes—2009 |journal=Diabetes Care |volume=32 Suppl 1 |pages=S1 It is recommended that metformin be temporarily discontinued before any [[medical imaging|radiographic study]] involving [[iodine|iodinated]] [[radiocontrast
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• Cortisol
  ...hesis ([[glycogenesis]]) in the [[liver]].<ref>Baynes, J., Dominiczak, M., Medical Biochemistry. Elsevier Limited; Third Edition (2009). ISBN 978-0-323-05371- ...n]].<ref>Weber, C.E. (1984) “Copper Response to Rheumatoid Arthritis”. Medical Hypotheses 15: 333,.on p334.</ref> Particularly valuable for immunity is th
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• Morphine
  ...addictive than either alcohol or opium, and its extensive use during the [[American Civil War]] allegedly resulted in over 400,000<ref>[http://www.asahq.org/Ne ...ith integral needle for immediate use. From WWII. On display at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]].]]
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• Paracetamol
  ...ume=313 |issue=7058 |pages=689 |year=1996}}</ref> Colombia and other Latin American countries) and ''paracetamol'' (used elsewhere) both come from chemical nam ...algesic as well as antipyretic properties, and was quickly introduced into medical practice under the name of [[Antifebrin]] by A. Cahn and P. Hepp in 1886.<r
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• Tetracycline
  ....com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_4_109/ai_62324477 | date=May, 2000 | publisher=American Museum of Natural History | accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref> Tetracycline spar ...els.<ref>[http://pathology2.jhu.edu/bonelab/4cycline.htm The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. > Tetracycline Labeling] Last updated 1/8/2001. </ref>
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• Pathologic nystagmus
  ...ge of two.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nystagmus.org/aboutn.html |title=American Nystagmus Network-About Nystagmus |accessdate = 2007-06-07 |work=}}</ref> A ...tagmus can be clinically investigated by using a number of [[non-invasive (medical)|non-invasive]] standard tests. The simplest one is [[Caloric reflex test]]
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• Biopolymer
  ...rmation of Adsorbed Flexible Polyelectrolyte Chains|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=127|issue=45|pages=15688–15689|year=2005|pmid=162 Many polymer researchers believe that polymer chemistry had its origins with the characterization of
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• Depleted uranium
  .... Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and contain The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents
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• Optacon
  ...ble Device for Blind Persons", NEW OUTLOOK FOR THE BLIND, published by the American Foundation for the Blind,Feb. 1974, pp. 49-56</ref> is an electromechanical ...ho later became head of the EE Department. The Optacon was developed with researchers at Stanford Research Institute (now [[SRI International]]). Linvill was one
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• Indoor air quality
  ...monoxide can lead to nausea, unconsciousness and death. According to the [[American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists]] (ACGIH), the time-weight ...aerosolized water that may enter nearby ventilation intakes. Outbreaks in medical facilities and nursing homes, where patients are immuno-suppressed and immu
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• Occupational asthma
  ...f name="AJRCCM">[http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/167/3/450/ American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.] Vol 167. pp. 450-471, ( ...[coughing]] and [[wheezing]]. The first person to use it in reference to a medical condition was [[Hippocrates]], and he believed that [[tailors]], [[anglers]
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• Cancer
  '''Cancer''' {{IPA-en|ˈkænsər||en-us-cancer.ogg}} (medical term: [[malignancy|malignant]] [[neoplasm]]) is a class of [[disease]]s in ...(7.6&nbsp;million).<ref name="American Cancer Society">{{cite web | last =American Cancer Society | authorlink =Reuters | title =Report sees 7.6&nbsp;million
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• Workplace stress
  ...]]) and other types of emotional strain (e.g., dissatisfaction, [[Fatigue (medical)|fatigue]], [[Stress (biology)|tension]], etc.), maladaptive behaviors (e.g ...or family problems.<ref>St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company [1992]. American workers under pressure technical report. St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Fire and Ma
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