Why Weren There Anaesthetics Before The 19th Century?
There were. People in the Roman and the Medieval periods had access to substances that could knock patients out. The problem was that before experimental work on gases was done by Priestley, Humphrey and Faraday there was no reliable way of dosing patients safely. In other words anaesthesia was not used because it was unpredictable – often killing the patient or not working reliably. Doctors came to the conclusion that it was safer to do without it.
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