How does anesthesia work? - Steven Zheng
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When under anesthesia, you can’t move, form memories, or — hopefully —
feel pain. And while it might just seem like you are asleep for that
time, you actually aren’t. What’s going on? Steven Zheng explains what
we know about the science behind anesthesia.
Do you think it is ethical for modern anesthestics to be founded on such dubious circumstances such as people experimenting with cocaine or ether for frivolous purposes? Would you be OK with, for example, the medicine of tomorrow being developed based on people's personal experimentation with PCP?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Steven Zheng
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Producer Zedem Media
- Director Michael Kalopaidis
- Artist Jeanne Bornet
- Sound Designer Andreas Trachonitis
- Animator Maria Savva
- Intern Andria Pourouti
- Narrator Addison Anderson
