Lactic acidosis, identified by a state of acidosis and an elevated plasma lactate concentration is one type of anion gap metabolic acidosis and may result from numerous conditions. It remains the most common cause of metabolic acidosis in hospitalized patients.
This time, weâre talking about another wartime hero: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. During her early life, she defied the conventions of her social status, choosing to study nursing and science rather than marry and have children.
In 1799 Humphrey Davy discovered anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide (N20)---also known as laughing gas.. He had recently joined Thomas Beddoesâ Pneumatic Institution (established 1798) for treatment of disease by inhalation.