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The first American plastic surgeon was John Peter Mettauer, who, in 1827, performed the first cleft palate operation with instruments that he designed himself.

COFFEE BREAK:) Plastic surgeons are the only people that actually . . . encourage you to pick your nose:)

PHARMACY WISDOM It is bad enough that so many people believe things without any evidence. What is worse is that some people have no conception of evidence and regard facts as just someone else's opinion. Thomas Sowell

KLEPTOMANIAC My Pharmacist said I was a kleptomaniac... I asked, "Is there anything I can take for that?” :)

KLEENEX & GAS MASKS The Kleenex brand story began during WW1 when Kimberly-Clark developed a crepe paper used as a filter within GAS MASKS. In the early 1920’s the paper was adapted to become their commercial product, Kotex. Kleenex tissue came in 1924. kleenex.co.uk

Thought for the Day:) Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow. Steven Wright

PHARMACY WISDOM “Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” John Wooden

COFFEE BREAK:) Q: What did the dentist shout in the courtroom? A: You can’t handle the TOOTH!

Pharmacy Wisdom Weak leaders want people to agree with what they say. Strong leaders want people to engage with what they say.Adam Grant

INFLATION:( It is a way to take people's wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all. Thomas Sowell

MORNING COFFEE BREAK:) I was going to tell you a time-traveling joke, but you didn’t like it:)

ELIXIR Medieval alchemists used a “magic” substance they hoped would change base metals to gold. It was called “al-iksir”, literally “the dry powder”. This word entered Medieval Latin as elixir the same word Pharmacists currently use.

THIS IS RELATIVELY FUNNY:) Albert Einstein walked into a bar at 99 percent the speed of light. The bartender said, “Why the short face?”

Pepto-Bismol began being sold in 1900 or 1901 by a doctor in New York. It was originally sold as a remedy for infant diarrhea by Norwich Pharmacal Company under the name "Bismosal: Mixture Cholera Infantum".It was renamed Pepto-Bismol in 1919.

PEPTO BISMOL Pepto was a marketeer’s version of pepsin, a natural substance that aids digestion. Bismol is named for bismuth, the active ingredient that works, Schwartz says, by “coating the stomach.” Pepto is now pepsin-less, no one could bear to change the name. LA Times

Danish biochemist Carl Peter Henrik Dam was awarded the 1943 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for his discovery of vitamin K, the blood coagulating factor. He shared the prize with American biochemist Edward A. Doisy (1893-1986). mayoclinicproceedings.org

VITAMIN K The K was for Koagulation (Danish for coagulation). A pure form of the vitamin was isolated and analyzed in 1939.Mar 29, 2021  medicinenet.com › defi...

PHARMACY WISDOM If you don’t leave your past in the past, it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away. – Unknown