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The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse [57] From the Lab into The World: A Pill for People, Pets, and Bugs [58] Paul Klee: Masterpieces of the Djerassi Collection [59] Dalla pillola alla penna [60] This Man's Pill: Reflections on the 50th Birthday of the Pill [61] In Retrospect : From the Pill to the Pen [62]
In 1964, the contraceptive pill was chosen by the US Department of Patents as one of the 40 registered more important inventions between 1794 and 1964. The name of Luis Miramontes appeared next to Pasteur, Edison, Bell, the Wright brothers and others of equal stature. It was included in the "USA Inventors Hall of Fame". [4]
In ancient Greece, pills were known as katapotia ("something to be swallowed"). Pliny the Elder, who lived from 23–79 CE, first gave a name to what we now call pills, calling them pilula. [2] Pliny also wrote Naturalis Historia a collection of 38 books and the first pharmacopoea.
As heroin use rose, so did overdose deaths. The statistics are overwhelming. In a study released this past fall examining 28 states, the CDC found that heroin deaths doubled between 2010 and 2012. The CDC reported recently that heroin-related overdose deaths jumped 39 percent nationwide between 2012 and 2013, surging to 8,257.
BY: Susanna Perez, Buzz60. Let's face it, we will do anything to stop the aging process and look and feel younger. Expensive creams, juicing, or whatever Beyonce is doing to look flawless.
Pincus' birth control pill changed family life in a significant way, because it allowed women to choose—for the first time—when they would have children and plan accordingly around this decision in a deliberate manner. The birth control pill helped pave the way for the women's liberation and concomitant Sexual Revolution movements. [6]
Had a new ear created in 2001/2002 by the wonderfully renowned Dr. David Matthews of NC. ... In other news, migraine specific prescription pills are a godsend. #27. ... Almost died from waiting ...
The Sarco pod (also known as Pegasos, and sometimes referred to as a "suicide pod" [1]) is a euthanasia device or machine consisting of a 3D-printed detachable capsule mounted on a stand that contains a canister of liquid nitrogen to die by suicide through inert gas asphyxiation.