Anesthesia in the last century
When can we say that modern anesthesia dates back?
Although various methods, more or less appropriate, have been tried since ancient times to anesthetize patients before surgery, anesthesia similar to the one we know today, albeit with the due differences, was born only in course of the 19th century .
Its discovery is due to the chemist Humphry Davy.
He was the first to realize that nitrous oxide In addition to producing a feeling of euphoria and instilling a good mood, it was also able to numb pain.
Thus began the history of modern anesthesia.