The practice of administering intravenous (IV) fluids originated from the cholera pandemic in 1831, when doctors realized the impact of intravascular volume and electrolyte depletion in significantly dehydrated patients suffering from severe diarrhea [1].Robert Lewis initiated the first IV infusion in a cholera patient whose condition improved as a re-
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