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The spines protect the cactus from predators eating it.
An amendment is a change to the Constitution. The first ten amendments to the Constitution became known as the Bill of Rights. These first amendments were designed to protect individual rights and liberties, like the right to free speech and the right to trial by jury.
An independent place in the family of nations
Dr. Rush practiced humoral theory and treated his patients with yellow fever by making them bleed or vomit (or draining fluids)
Many French doctors criticized him for his treatments and said he was not going to succeed.
At first, Rush made patients bleed less, but he then changed his treatment and made patients bleed and vomit more than before.