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Anaesthesia history - Introduction
Anesthesia plays a very important role in the field of medical surgery. One cannot possibly think of undergoing a surgery without being anesthetized. Before the discovery of the various anesthetic agents people underwent severe pain and agony. Patients were strapped down or were given alcohol and other sedative drugs to ameliorate the pain of surgery. Surgery sans pain would have remained a dream of the yester years if not for anesthesia, which has now made it a reachable reality!
Various anesthetic drugs like alcohol, opium (poppy), hyoscine, cannabis (hemp), cocaine were all used in the by gone era to relive pain. But till date it is the structure of morphine (opium alkaloids) that serves as a model for the synthesis of other modern synthetic anesthetic agents.
Various anesthetic drugs like alcohol, opium (poppy), hyoscine, cannabis (hemp), cocaine were all used in the by gone era to relive pain. But till date it is the structure of morphine (opium alkaloids) that serves as a model for the synthesis of other modern synthetic anesthetic agents.
Latest Publications and Research on Anaesthesia - History
Serotonin Syndrome in the Perioperative Setting. - Published by PubMedAAFP Feline Anesthesia Guidelines. - Published by PubMed
Speaking up about care concerns in the ICU: patient and family experiences, attitudes and perceived barriers. - Published by PubMed
Fistula-associated anal carcinoma in Crohn's disease. - Published by PubMed
Use of methylene blue in hepatic arterial infusion pump resulting in serotonin syndrome. A case report. - Published by PubMed
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Very brief. Not much history given there.