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Trivia Questions

It's no dream, this pain reliever was first isolated from opium in 1805

This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation

In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries

Yes, these parasitic annelids of the class hirudinea can actually help drain a hematoma, but yeeeesh!

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as his disease, claimed his life in 1941

If a 16th C. golfer had an "apoplexy" after losing a ball in the water, today he'd have a 1-this penalty

In July 1976 a form of pneumonia caused the deaths of 29 members of this organization in Philadelphia

Athletes sometimes strain this large extensor muscle of the thigh whose name means "four headed"