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The stethoscope began as a rolled paper tube, letting a doctor listen to a patient's chest without pressing an ear against it.
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nutritionFind to reveal
The body can't make its own vitamin C, although many other mammals can manufacture it instead of getting it from food.
breathingFind to reveal
Some wind players breathe in through their noses while pushing air from their cheeks, keeping a note going without a break.
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The familiar lub-dub of a heartbeat comes mainly from valves closing, not simply from the heart muscle squeezing.
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Penicillin grew from a chance observation: mold kept nearby bacteria away, turning a spoiled laboratory dish into a medical clue.
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Astronauts exercise with special resistance machines because ordinary weights feel almost weightless while orbiting Earth.
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Some animals recover lost limbs; humans can sometimes regrow the very tip of a finger, including part of its nail.
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A healthy adult can carry roughly as many bacterial cells as human cells, a crowd of microscopic neighbors inside one familiar body.
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The word vitamin comes from Latin vita, meaning life; chemist Casimir Funk coined it in 1912 thinking the substances were amines.
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The snake-on-a-staff medical symbol traces back to Asclepius of ancient Greece, whose temples were among the first healing centers.
True stories · Vienna, Austria
The doctor who washed his hands
In the 1840s, in a maternity ward in Vienna, Austria, a young doctor named Ignaz Semmelweis noticed something grim. Far more mothers died in the ward run by doctors than in the one run by midwives. He realized the doctors often came straight from the dissection room with unwashed hands. When he ordered everyone to scrub with a chlorine solution, deaths on his ward fell sharply. Many colleagues mocked the idea and ignored him, before germ theory had gained general acceptance. Years later he was proven right, and handwashing became one of the simplest, most powerful tools in all of medicine.
Eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise.
Hippocrates, Regimen
Trivia
Roughly what share of an adult human body can be water: 10 percent, 30 percent, or 60 percent?
About 60 percent, with variation by age and body composition.
What is the largest organ of the human body?
The skin.
Which vitamin does your skin make when it is exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D.
What temperature in Fahrenheit is the familiar traditional reference for normal body temperature, although actual temperatures vary?
About 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (37 Celsius).
Which doctor is known as the father of medicine and gave his name to a famous oath?
Hippocrates.
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Roughly what share of an adult human body can be water: 10 percent, 30 percent, or 60 percent?
About 60 percent, with variation by age and body composition.
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Play →or printTrue stories · Ogimi, Okinawa, Japan
Growing older together
In Ogimi, a village on Okinawa, Japan, an unusual number of residents live past one hundred, many still gardening and laughing daily. Researchers studying these long-lived communities, nicknamed Blue Zones, found similar pockets in Sardinia, Italy and Loma Linda, California. Observers have drawn attention to everyday habits rather than a single miracle food. Accounts describe movement, plant-rich meals and close social ties. Many describe a clear sense of purpose for getting up each morning. These are observations, not proof of a recipe for living to one hundred. Genetics, circumstances and the quality of age records also matter when interpreting longevity stories.
The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.
Florence Nightingale
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Sources: Semmelweis and hand hygiene (WHO) · Blue Zones (National Geographic) · Vitamin etymology / Casimir Funk · Florence Nightingale, Notes on Hospitals
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.