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• Atropine
  ...Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWH | title = WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
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• Mercury (element)
  ...of any metal. A heavy, silvery [[d-block]] [[metal]], mercury is also one of the five [[liquid metal|metallic]] chemical elements that are [[liquid]] at ...f mercury (such as [[mercuric chloride]] or [[methylmercury]]), inhalation of mercury vapor, or eating seafood contaminated with mercury.
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• Paracetamol
  ...| url = http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/je990124v | journal = Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data | volume = 44 | pages = 1391 | year = 1999}}</r ...set of analgesia is approximately 11 minutes after [[oral administration]] of paracetamol,<ref>{{cite doi|10.1093/bja/aei109}}</ref> and its [[half life]
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• Solanum nigrum
  ...found in many wooded areas, as well as disturbed habitats. It has a height of 30–120&nbsp;cm (12-48"), leaves 4-7.5&nbsp;cm (1 1/2-3") long) and 2–5& ...reas the ripe "Red Makoi" is edible and is often used in anti-inflammatory medicine.]]
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• Taxus baccata
  ...] and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> It is the tree orig ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo
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• Atropa belladonna
  ...me|ancient Romans]], including the wives of two Emperors, and by [[Macbeth of Scotland]] before he became a Scottish King. ...three [[Moirae|Fates]] in [[Greek mythology]] (the one who cuts the thread of life), and the name "atropa bella donna" is derived from an admonition in [
  24 KB (3,421 words) - 12:28, 7 July 2010
• Taisu
  ...''Lingshu''. It is an important text to consult when studying the history of Chinese medical ideas. ...撰著具体时间新证 [New evidence on the concrete date of the writing of the ''Taisu'']. ''Zhongyi wenxian zazhi'' 中医文献杂志, 2006, No. 4.
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• Propædia
  ...es listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
  41 KB (5,585 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Bibliotheca selecta
  ...curanda''. It represents an authoritative and up-to-date Jesuit compendium of Counter Reformation knowledge. ...thorough bibliography of the ancient and contemporary literature of world history reworking and updating Bodin's ''Methodus ad facilem historiarum cognitione
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• Tetracycline
  ...icle deals with the specific antibiotic called tetracycline. For the group of antibiotics known as the tetracyclines, see [[tetracycline antibiotics]].'' ...nd played a historical role in reducing the incidence of mortality because of [[cholera]]. It is sold under the brand names '''Sumycin''', '''Terramycin
  11 KB (1,417 words) - 21:55, 19 September 2010
• Tar
  ...rgest user was the [[Royal Navy]]. Demand for tar declined with the advent of iron and steel ships. ...(fuel)|coke]] production. [[Bitumen]] is a term used for natural deposits of oil "tar" - such as at the [[La Brea Tar Pits]].
  7 KB (1,095 words) - 10:08, 20 September 2010
• Petroleum
  ...fined and separated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chem ...aries depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
  69 KB (9,885 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Gunpowder
  ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...explosives [[detonation|detonate]], producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it
  51 KB (7,447 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Bamboo
  |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae See the full '''[[Taxonomy of the Bambuseae]]'''.}}
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• Iron
  ...ition series]]. Like other [[Group 8 element]]s, it exists in a wide range of [[oxidation state]]s. Iron and iron [[alloy]]s ([[steel]]s) are by far the ...the heaviest stable element produced by stellar fusion because the fusion of iron is the last nuclear fusion reaction that is [[exothermic]]. Iron is th
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• Manganese
  ...us colors and are used industrially as [[pigment]]s. The [[permanganate]]s of [[alkali metal|alkali]] and [[alkaline earth metals]] are powerful oxidizer ...of enzymes in higher organisms, where they are essential in detoxification of [[superoxide]] free radicals. The element is a required trace mineral for a
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• Asbestos
  ...:Blue asbestos (teased).jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos showing the fibrous nature of the mineral]] ...sks related to exposure to asbestos at work |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |date= |accessdate=2010-07-05}}</ref>
  77 KB (11,403 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Samuel Stockhausen
  ...o die Hütten Katze oder Hütten Rauch'' (“Treatise on the Noxious Fumes of [[Litharge]], Diseases caused by them and Miners’ Asthma”) | title = Database of alchemy printed books: Samuel STOCKHAUSEN.
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• Benzene
  ...ide, ed.|title= "Physical Constants of Organic Compounds", in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, Internet Version 2005, <http://www.hbcpnetbase.com>| ...urnal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America|volume=87|issue=1|pages=167–9|year=1990|pmid=2153285|pmc=53221}}<
  45 KB (6,444 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Arsenic
  ...The occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world. ...per and lower layer. This relatively close packing leads to a high density of 5.73&nbsp;g/cm³.<ref name="Holl"/> It is a [[semiconductor]] an
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