Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Imagine an amputation with nothing to put you to sleep. Before the middle of the 19th century, that was the norm. The patient was strapped down, the surgeon worked fast, and everyone prayed.
Anesthesia changed everything: it made it possible to operate without the patient feeling pain. Modern surgery could finally take its time.
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- 2Before: speed against suffering
- 31846: the day of ether
- 4Next: chloroform and arguments
- 5Anesthesia today
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary21 terms explained in a tap.
30 languagesThe same course, from French to Japanese.
