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The History of Anesthesia Use For Surgery

Salem Anesthesia

Title: Unveiling the Origin and History of Anesthesia The use of anesthesia has revolutionized the field of surgery, enabling painless and safe procedures for patients. Have you ever wondered how anesthesia came to be? In this blog we will embark on an abbreviated history of anesthesia. Origins Early anesthesia can be traced back to ancient but one of the first European accounts occurred in the 1200s when Theodoric of Lucca, an Italian physician and bishop, “used sponges soaked with opium