Unlike the anesthetists of yesteryears, who utilized a single agent like ether or chloroform alone for anesthesia, the present day anesthetists use different drugs for specific effects. This helps ...

An anesthesia machine designed by Dr. Raphaël Dubois, built by Charles Verdin (1884), displayed as part of the exhibition 'Once Upon a Time, Anesthesia,' at the Museum of the History of Medicine, ...

There was a time when all the pain alleviation involved in surgery was a little cotton wool in the surgeon’s ears to keep the screams of the patient from hurting them. Fortunately, things have changed ...

Anesthesia was a major medical breakthrough, allowing us to lose consciousness during surgery and other painful procedures. Trouble is, we’re not entirely sure how it works. But now we’re getting ...

A recent neuropsychological evaluation diagnosis impugned several controversial theories about anesthesia and cognitive decline. As a medicinal therapy to relieve pain and brain dysfunction, ...

"Doctor, will you give me Chloroform or Anesthesia?" This is the often-repeated query by many patients about to undergo an operation. Little do they know that chloroform became obsolete decades ago.

Anesthesia as pain relief is amazing, and we still have trouble understanding how it really works. What we do know is that it has played an important role in medicine for centuries. This role was made ...