What did people do before anesthesia? - Sally Frampton
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The quest for anesthetics that could induce unconsciousness and enable more meticulous surgeries began around the early 3rd century CE. Before anesthesia was widely used, patients had to consciously endure every moment of surgery. So, what methods did doctors use before modern medicine caught up? Sally Frampton traces the history of anesthetic drugs.
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Want to know more about the history of surgery? Find out more here and here about Robert Liston, one of surgery’s most fascinating figures. Learn more here about the other big surgical innovation of the nineteenth century—the development of antiseptic surgery.
What improvements still need to be made in the realm of pain management? Find out more about continued disparities in access to pain relief and also how emissions from anesthesia could be reduced.
Finally, discover fascinating new developments in automated technology that are advancing the field of anesthesia.
What improvements still need to be made in the realm of pain management? Find out more about continued disparities in access to pain relief and also how emissions from anesthesia could be reduced.
Finally, discover fascinating new developments in automated technology that are advancing the field of anesthesia.
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- Educator
- Sally Frampton
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- Alexander Hellebaut
- Narrator
- Alexandra Panzer
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- Alexander Hellebaut
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