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Yes. Go to --> www.google.com Type in --> picture of gallstone There are lots of pictures. I had a gallstone removed on 17 July 2009 that measures 8.2 cm x 5.3 cm (avocado shaped). That is 3.25" x 2.10". I still have it for proof and it's gross! Photographs available. J ohn Evered, Kings Beach, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia.
The largest gallstone on record was removed from an 80-year old woman in 1952 and weighed 6.29 kg (13.84 pounds). The record number for most gallstones removed from an individual is 3,110.
The advantages are that synthetic medicines can be made consistantly with the same product each time, and that they are cheap to make (usually) I wouldn't say there were any disadvantages.
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herbal medicine uses herbal leaf while synthetic uses drugs
A method for blowing synthetic resins as a fuel into a furnace comprising: processing synthetic resins consisting essentially of film shaped synthetic resins by melting or semi-melting the synthetic resins by heat to produce granular synthetic resins having a bulk density of at least 0.3 and angle of repose of up to 40 degrees; pneumatically feeding the granular synthetic resins from the processing; and blowing the pneumatically fed granular synthetic resins into a furnac
Synthetic medicine is made of biological and petroleum byproducts. These byproducts are engineered in a lab setting to have a specific use, function and reaction in the body. In many cases, the body doesn't recognize the synthetic composition and considers it toxic.
Nobelium is a very unstable synthetic element with the symbol No, it's melting and boiling point are not measurable, thus unknown.
a basketball sized gallstone
Gallstone ileus, which results from a gallstone's blocking the entrance to the large intestine, is most common in elderly people. Surgery usually cures this condition.
The term calculus is a branch of mathematics. A synonym might be differentiation.The term calculus in medicine means a stone (kidney stone, gallstone).
synthetic medicine is as opposed to herbal or other remedies, it means man made. the reason synthetic medicine became so popular was because it could be made consistantly, with the same product every time, where as with herbal remedies can vary.
An incision into a gallstone to remove it
There can be disadvantages to synthetic medications. The first regard the possibility of long-term toxicity, side-affects and contraindications. Secondly, pharmaceutical waste contaminate water supplies with environmental and health effects yet to be fully understood.
Gallstone formation is seen in twice as many women as men
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