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The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia

The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia

Update: 2025-10-03
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Have you ever thought about what surgery would have been like before the advent of anesthesia? Doctors did everything from amputations to mastectomies to tooth extraction with almost no pain relief for the patient. Their secret was speed, and their assistants were the original men in black.

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The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia

The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia

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