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Historical anesthesia - a presentation by Adalbert (not to be confused with Albert) Benedyk
Historical anaesthetic techniques (and their first usage):
- acupuncture (Taoists from China)
- hyperventilation
- alcohol
- Herbal preparations
- Chemicals
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diethyl ether (dentist William E. Clarke - tooth extraction, January 1842)
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nitrous oxide - "laughing gas" (American dentist Horace Wells - tooth extraction, December 1844)
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chloroform (Scottish doctor Sir James Young Simpson, January 19 1847)