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4000 BCE
When was Anesthesia discovered?
Sumerian artifacts were found that depicted the same opium poppys that are used in Anesthesia
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600 BCE
What other things were used before Anesthesia?
Sushruta discovered the use of cannabis vapors to sedate patients before their surgeries. This method was used in India and eventually China also.
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400 BCE
What other things were used before Anesthesia?
Assyrians use carotid compression to produce brief unconsciousness before circumcision or cataract surgery. Egyptians employed the same technique for eye surgery.
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64
What other things were used before Anesthesia?
Dioscorides, a Greek surgeon, recommended mandrake to be boiled into wine to cause loss of feeling in their body for the ones who were going to be cut or cauterized.
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1000
How did they administer the Anesthesia?
Herbal mixtures such as opium, mandrake, henbane, and/or hemlock are soaked into a sponge, then the sponge us places under the patient's nose so that he breathes in the Anesthetic vapors.
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1350
How did they administer the Anesthesia?
Inca Shamans would chew on coca leaves mixed with vegetable ash and dripped their cocaine saliva into the wounds of their patients to ease the pain.
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When did Anesthesiology begin?
The first public display of modern anesthesia was performed on October 10, 1846 or otherwise known as "Either day". William T. G. Morton and surgeon John Collins Warren made anesthesia history at Massachusetts General Hospital with the successful use of diethyl ether.
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Successes in the field of Anesthesiology.
Dr. August Bier conducted the first recorded spinal anesthetic using cocaine.
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The creation of the term "Anesthesiologist".
Dr. Mathias J. Seifert coins the words "Anesthesiology" and "Anesthesiologist." He made it known that an "Anesthetist" is a technician, and an "Anesthesiologist" is the authority on anesthesia and anesthetics
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Breakthroughs in the science of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Dennis Jackson develops a co2 absorbing anesthesia system, which allows patients to rebreath their exhaled air, which contains the anesthesia. This system resulted in the use of less anesthesia and it resulted in less waste.
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The American board of Anesthesiology(ABA).
In 1940 the ABA was granted independent board status. The ABA helped define anesthesiology as a medical specialty and provided the American medical establishment with formal recognition of physicians specializing in the art and science of anesthesia.
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Anesthetics that are still used today.
Torsten Gordh, a MD in Sweden, clinically introduced lidocaine as a local form Anesthesia.
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Anesthetics that are still used today.
Sevoflurane is clinically introduced as an inhalational anesthetic.
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Anesthesiology gone wrong.
If too much Anesthesia is administered it can result in lack of oxygen, brain damage, and possibly death; if not enough Anesthesia is given it can result in the patient waking up in the middle of the surgery.
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How much does an Anesthesiologist make?
The average annual salary for an Anesthesiologist is about $382,100, which comes down to about $183 an hour.
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