Facts in "Medical" Category
#2549 - Medical Fact     3  Undertakers report that human bodies do not deteriorate as quickly as they used to. The reason, they believe, is that the modern diet contains so many preservatives that these chemicals tend to prevent the body from decomposition too rapidly after death. |
| #2550 - Medical Fact 6 Captain Cook lost 41 of his 98 crew to scurvy (a lack of vitamin C) on his first voyage to the South Pacific in 1768. By 1795 the importance of eating citrus was realized, and lemon juice was issued on all British Navy ships. |
| #2551 - Medical Fact 6 During a kiss as many as 278 bacteria colonies are exchanged. |
| #2552 - Medical Fact 5 A passionate kiss uses up 6.4 calories per minute. |
| #2553 - Medical Fact 8 Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. |
| #2554 - Medical Fact 2 Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. |
| #2555 - Medical Fact 1 Hailed as a wonder drug in the late nineteenth century, cocaine was outlawed in the United States in 1914. |
| #2556 - Medical Fact 3 The little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus. |
| #2557 - Medical Fact 4 The first drug that was offered as a water-soluble tablet, was aspirin in 1900. |
| #2558 - Medical Fact 4 There have been cases of people dying from paper cuts. The paper cut gets infected, and without proper treatment you can die from the infection. |
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