reflux esophagitis has improved dramatically since PPIs became available in 1989. PPIs provide rapid symptomatic relief and heal-ing of esophagitis in the highest percentage of patients. A systematic review of 7 trials that evalu-. Esophagitis Asthma Reflux in infants with laryngomalacia: results of 24-hour double-probe pH monitoring. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999; 120:860.
Soon after, John Wright of Birmingham, England discovered that potassium cyanide was a suitable electrolyte for gold and silver electroplating. Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840.
Best Answer: Gold has had great value and has been sought for thousands of years. Nobody can be sure who first placed value on it. Many claim the first gold coin was minted in what is now Turkey about 600 B.C. There were discovered Egyptian gold pieces dated by the markings from 1400 B.C. Here is a link to a site describing ancient gold discoveries and uses. http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/goldPr...