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Before the advent of anaesthesia, it was not possible to operate in the body cavities of the stomach, chest and skull. Therefore operations were restricted to amputations, wounds, fractures, aneurisms etc. Bladder stones could be removed however by a tricky operation cutting through near the anus.
