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Many mammals deliver in minutes after long pregnancies. See which species have the quickest births to help newborns thrive.

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In the early 1800s, leg amputations free of acute pain seemed impossible. However, the first widely used anesthetic, called ether, was right around the corner. Sixteenth-century physician Paracelsus ...