Lobito
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Lobito, Angola Founded by the Portuguese in 1843 with a name derived from the local
lupito ‘passage’ to indicate that passage to the port was not easy.
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Magazine article from: Dermatology Times; 8/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: AANA Journal; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
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Anesthesia Evaluation
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery: A Guide for Patients and Caregivers
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Anesthesia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
ANESTHESIA "My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is...elderly patients has on the medical system. Basics of anesthesia There are three broad categories of anesthesia: local anesthesia, regional anesthesia, and general...
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Anesthesia, Discovery of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ANESTHESIA, DISCOVERY OF ANESTHESIA, DISCOVERY OF. The discovery of surgical anesthesia in the early 1840s represented a unique American contribution to medicine. Between 1842 and 1846 four well-known attempts at applying surgical anesthesia...
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anesthesia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
anesthesia [Gr.,=insensibility], loss of...surgical procedures. Early modern medical anesthesia dates to experiments with nitrous oxide...Inhaled nitrous oxide is used for light anesthesia in minor surgical procedures and in...
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