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Trivia Questions

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

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle! In 1940, Karl Landsteiner & his associates discovered this blood factor

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

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

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

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

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