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A History of Anesthesia in South America

2014
Before the discovery of anesthesia, clergy and shamans used opium, herbal extracts, and alcohol to diminish surgical pain. Infection and mortality were great. By 1847, ether anesthesia was used in Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela, and in 1848, in Chile. By 1850, chloroform displaced ether. Surgeons gave or directed anesthetic delivery by
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History of the Quinuas in South America

2021
Quinua (Chenpopodium quinoa Willd) is an Andean food grain domesticated manly in the highlands of the central part of the Andes in South America by the quechua and aimara people since at least 3,000 years. The geographical distribution of the crop covers territories from south of Colombia to north of Argentina and central part of Chile.
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History of Cenozoic Mammals from South America

Springer Earth System Sciences
Federico L Agnolin
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Race in America: The History of "Passing" in the South

2023
Race in America, regarding "The History of "Passing" in the South analyzes biracial individuals who used the color of their skin to pass as white in society while also looking at those who were African American that fell on the lighter side. Racial Passing is an overlooked part of American History that is sitting in pandora's box, waiting to unveil ...
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Glacial history of Southernmost South America

Quaternary Research, 1976
In southernmost South America, an incomplete radiometrically dated glacial chronology has been obtained by K–Ar dating for the interval 3.5-1 MY ago, and a more detailed chronology by C-14 dating for the last 25,000 years, with some older minimal ages. The first major glaciation was about 3.5 MY ago during the middle Pliocene. Little is yet known about
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History and Prospect of Muslims in South America

Social Indicators Research, 2013
The birth of Islam over fourteen centuries ago was a monumental event in human history with an everlasting effect on humanity. For centuries researchers contemplated on the growth and distribution of Muslims throughout the World. The purpose of this manuscript is to present a reliable estimate of the Muslim population in South America since the ...
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Archaeology, History, and Historical Archaeology in South America

International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 1997
This paper discusses the relationship between history and archaeology in general, their common concerns and links with historical archaeology. It deals with the development of historical archaeology in three related South American countries, Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, and pays attention to recent trends in the theory and practice of the discipline
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Sports in South America: A History

Hispanic American Historical Review, 2023
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Bengali Harlem and the lost histories of South Asian America

National Identities, 2016
In this groundbreaking book, Vivek Bald depicts the lives of the earliest Indian immigrants to America at the turn of the twentieth century.
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