According to the documents of various countries, before human beings invented effective narcotic drugs, doctors often tied patients so tightly that they could not move. During the operation, the heartbreaking cry was unbearable. Some doctors have also come up with some methods to alleviate the pain of patients, such as soaking the affected limb in ice water before operation and waiting for the affected limb to become numb with cold before operation. Otherwise, let the patient drink some hard liquor and wait until he is drunk before the operation.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo, a famous doctor, invented Mafeisan and gave it to patients before operation, which made them in a coma before operation. Although this is the earliest anesthetic used by human beings, the effect is not ideal and the pain is still unbearable. Therefore, when Guan Yu curetted bones to treat poison, he would rather endure great pain than use hemp boiling powder.
Acupuncture anesthesia, developed from traditional medicine in China, has aroused great concern in the world medical field. It is generally believed that the era when mankind really conquered pain was the discovery and use of ether in the middle of19th century, which is still an interesting story.
Acupuncture anesthesia, developed from traditional medicine in China, has aroused great concern in the world medical field.
William Morton. Morton often pulls teeth for patients. In order to alleviate the pain of the extracted person, he thought of many ways. Later, he happened to find that the patient would not feel pain when he smelled ether. So, every time he pulled out a tooth for a patient, he covered the patient's nose with a handkerchief soaked in ether. As a result, people came to him for tooth extraction, and his outpatient customers were also crowded.
In order to keep his patent, Morton played a trick. He added ether to the spice, so that when using it, others could not see what he was using and could not figure out his formula.
The news that Morton's tooth extraction doesn't hurt is getting wider and wider, which has aroused social concern. At that time, there was a medical group in Massachusetts, which stipulated that doctors should practice medicine aboveboard and not deceive people. According to the requirements of medical ethics, if Morton doesn't disclose his secret recipe, it will be "cheating" and stop his right to practice medicine. Later, Morton thought twice and, driven by his conscience, announced his secret recipe to his colleagues. Only then did people know that ether had such a magical effect.
Many experiments have proved that ether can be used in various surgical operations. 1846 16 On June 16, Morton performed his first surgical anesthesia performance at Massachusetts General Hospital. When the patient took several deep breaths under the requirements of massage and inhalation of anesthetic gas, the surgeon removed the hemangioma of the patient's neck. The whole operation lasted for 30 minutes. The patient didn't feel any pain at all, and everyone present applauded. Since then, ether anesthesia has gone to the world and has been used ever since.
1868, Morton died at the age of 48. Boston citizens engraved the words on his monument: "He was the founder of inhalation anesthesia. Because of his invention, the pain of surgery disappeared from this world ... "