Surgery Without Anesthesia, Pre-1840s
by Science Source
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Surgery Without Anesthesia, Pre-1840s
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Science Source
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Before the advent of anesthesia, surgery was a traumatically painful procedure and surgeons were encouraged to be as swift as possible to minimize patient suffering. This also meant that operations were largely restricted to amputations and external growth removals. Beginning in the 1840s, surgery began to change dramatically in character with the discovery of effective and practical anaesthetic chemicals such as ether and chloroform.
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