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Here is Part 1 of some amazing, surprising, and simply bizarre medical trivia, courtesy of Guinness World Records. • Monaco has the largest
number of physicians per capita, with one doctor
per 169 people. Malawi has the fewest, with only
one physician per 49,118 people.
• The longest coma lasted
37 years and 111 days. Elaine Esposito (1934–1978)
of the US fell into a coma after being anaesthetized
for an appendectomy at age six. She became known
as "Sleeping Beauty" during her coma, and died
at the age of 43 without regaining consciousness.
• The world's heaviest
kidney stone weighed 356 grams (12.5 ounces), and
measured 11.86 centimeters (4.66 inches) at its
widest point. It belonged to Peter Baulman of Australia.
• Don Winfield of Canada
holds the undesirable record for the most number
of kidney stones produced. As of April 16, 2003,
Winfield had produced and passed 4,504 kidney stones,
and lived in constant pain due to his condition.
• The oldest known human
disease is leprosy. Cases were described in ancient
Egypt in 1350 BC, making the disease at least 3,356
years old.
• Currently, the most
common cause of death in children worldwide is
infectious diseases, which is responsible for 63%
of all deaths. Among adults, tobacco-related illnesses
cause the most deaths, and the World
Health Organization estimates that by 2020,
these illnesses will claim more lives than AIDS,
tuberculosis, road accidents, murder, and suicide
combined. * * * * * Check back for the other three parts in our Guinness World Records series:
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