Anesthesia Started As A Party Drug
Before general anesthesia, surgery was a gruesome affair. The main reason we now have effective pain relief during medical procedures is because of...parties?! Maren Hunsberger follows the story of anesthetic gasses from the Old Operating Theatre in London through to today's science of modern anesthesia. Fascinating Fails tells the stories of accidents in history that have resulted in some of our biggest discoveries, inventions, and breakthroughs.
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