Anaesthetics in Surgery

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Anaesthetics in Surgery 

1799 - Humphrey Davy discovered nitrous oxide

1844 - Horace Wells used nitrous oxide when extracting teeth

1846 - William Morton discovered ether was a much more long lasting anaesthetic 

1846 - Robert Liston used ether while amputating a leg

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