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First ether anaesthesia in 1846 made painless surgery possible β€” a revolution in medicine

USA πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ 1846 Medical Milestones

Key Facts

  1. 1

    William Morton demonstrated ether anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital on 16 Oct 1846

  2. 2

    Sushruta (~600 BC India) used wine and cannabis for sedation β€” earliest documented anaesthesia attempt

  3. 3

    Modern anaesthesia: general (unconscious), regional (nerve block), local (area numbing); essential for all surgery

πŸ’Š Did you know? Before anaesthesia, surgeons were judged by speed β€” amputations in 30 seconds were celebrated as patients screamed in agony

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First ether anaesthesia in 1846 made painless surgery possible β€” a revolution in medicine

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