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How anesthesia works.
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Merging modern and traditional medicine in Shanghai
Discussion of traditional Chinese medicine, with a focus on the use of acupuncture...
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intravenous drip
Some anesthetics are administered via intravenous drip.
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procaine; Novocain
The chemical structure of procaine (Novocain), a local anesthetic.
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy, detail of an oil painting after Sir Thomas Lawrence; in the National...
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Horace Wells
Horace Wells, detail of an engraving.
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William Thomas Green Morton administering ether anesthesia
William Thomas Green Morton administering ether anesthesia during the first successful...
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