The discovery of anaesthetics
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- The Discovery of Anaesthetics
- Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide)
- 1799
- Advantages
- It supposedly reduced pain
- Disadvantages
- It didn't cause complete unconsciousness
- Ether
- 1846
- Robert Liston
- William Morton
- Advantages
- It allowed more complex operations to take place
- Disadvantages
- It irritated the eyes and lungs
- Chloroform
- James Simpson
- 1857
- John Snow
- Advantages
- It worked quickly and was therefore very effective
- Disadvantages
- It affected the heart
- Laughing Gas (Nitrous Oxide)
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