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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...seaplane tender [[USS St. George (AV-16)|USS ''St. George'' (AV-16)]] for medical treatment. A little over a month later, on May 24, 1945, her PBMs rescued a ...cond stood by in case the need arose to fly critically hurt [[sailor]]s to medical treatment. On other occasions, ''Bering Strait''{{'}}s planes escorted dama
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• Quinine
  ...|url= }} Also cites {{cite book |title=The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity |last=Porter |first=Roy |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= ...AL | title=Use of quinine for self-induced abortion | journal=The Southern Medical Journal | year=1983 | volume=76 | issue=7 | pages=846–849 | pmid = 00
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• Phenobarbital
  | url = http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/answerplace/Medical/treatment/medications/typesmedicine/phenobarbital.cfm ...the [[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines]], which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{cite web
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• Vancomycin
  ...The Killers Within: The Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria''. Back Bay Books. ISBN 978-0316735667.</ref> The organism that produced it was eventually na ...had experienced ototoxicity, and subsequently through case reports in the medical literature. However, as the use of vancomycin increased with the spread of
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• Rifampicin
  ...atzung & Trevor's pharmacology |publisher=Lange Medical Books/McGraw Hill, Medical Pub. Division |location=New York |year=2005 |pages= |isbn=0-07-142290-0 |oc ...title=When I Use a Word . . .I Mean It |accessdate=2009-07-10|work=British Medical Journal 1999;319(7215):972 (9 October)}}</ref> they decided to call these c
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• Sodium thiopental
  ...of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic healthcare system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{cite web ...dition to anesthesia induction, thiopental was historically used to induce medical [[coma]]s. It has now been superseded by drugs such as [[propofol]].
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• Activated carbon
  ===Medical applications=== ...rption by the [[gastrointestinal tract]]. In cases of suspected poisoning, medical personnel administer activated charcoal on the scene or at a hospital's [[e
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• Mercury (element)
  ...mpounds |publisher=McGraw-Hill|pages=560–576|isbn =0070494398|url=http://books.google.com/?id=Xqj-TTzkvTEC&pg=PA576|accessdate=2009-06-06}} ...nductors]] and [[infrared detector]] materials.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=4b3WLgomvd0C&pg=PA507|page=507|title=Infrared detectors|auth
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• Amoxicillin
  ...on, anxiety, sensitivity to lights and sounds, unclear thinking. Immediate medical care is required upon the first signs of these side effects. ...llergic reaction to amoxicillin can be very sudden and intense - emergency medical attention must be sought as quickly as possible. The initial onset of such
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• Lily of the Valley
  ...itle = Nevada gardener's guide| pages = 137| url = http://books.google.com/books?id=oSjvc0zI1EsC&pg=PA137&dq=pips+lily+of+the+valley&ei=oBaFSfv5G5WyyQSslLSo ...lis'' or ''maialis'', means "of or belonging to May", and old astrological books place the plant under the dominion of [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]], sinc
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• Lupin poisoning
  ...ed of its unique preparation requirements. There are several references in medical literature to poisoning caused by errors in lupini preparation.<ref> {{Cite ...aluation of lupin food and livestock fodder export safety standards in the medical literature review section:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foodstandards.gov.
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• List of psychedelic plants
  ...of cannabis. Many jurisdictions have laws regulating the sale and use of [[medical cannabis]] to treat pain, insomnia, and stimulate appetite. | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=te53VV5u8YMC&pg=RA1-PA2&ots=e5Swnj0FN9&dq=acacia+alkaloids&sig=ph1WfGlPn
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• Airspeed Oxford
  [[File:Royal Air Force Medical Services, 1939-1945. CH2171.jpg|thumb|A patient and attendant on board an O ...omington, Indiana|isbn=9781440167584|page=454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrJR8oQJHc4C|accessdate=15 December 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite
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• William Smellie (encyclopedist)
  ...publication. Wherever this intention does not plainly appear, neither the books nor their authors have the smallest claim to the approbation of mankind". ...ollegio instituto ad hoc usque tempus, delectu'' which reprinted Edinburgh medical theses of the 18th century.
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• A & C Black
  ...ry]]'' and the ''Know The Game'' series of sports rules and laws reference books [http://www.knowthegame.co.uk/default.asp?id=12]. ...r/B/a--c-colour-books-black--twenty-shilling-series.asp A & C Black Colour Books: Twenty Shilling Series]
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• Propædia
  ...hips among the "Great Ideas" in Adler's [[Great Books]] series. (The Great Books were also published by the [[Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.]]) Adler stress ...ic Pathology, [[University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland]] Medical School, [[Baltimore]] || 23
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...al History'' of [[Pliny the Elder]], the latter having 2493 articles in 37 books. Encyclopedias were published in Europe and China throughout the [[Middle A {{cquote|I wrote most of it, my lad, and snipped out from books enough material for the printer. With pastepot and scissors I composed it!|
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• Gazetteer of India, Union Territory: Goa, Daman and Diu
  * Chapter 16: Medical and Public Health Services [[Category:Indian history books]]
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• The World Factbook
  *[[Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center]] ([[United States Department of Defense|Department of ...assys-WFB-cover.jpg|thumb|right|100px|''The World Factbook'' 2010 (Potomac Books reprint edition) cover]]
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• Widow's peak
  ...n=0195301498, 9780195301496|year=2007|page=336|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mmKNPQUZ8cwC&dq=Widow's+peak+scalp-hair+anomoly+and+its+relation+to+ocul ...widow's peak hair is [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]] from "[[Batman]]" comic books and films.<ref name=redmond/> [[Hannibal Lecter]] is described as having on
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