Anesthesia: Biting the Bullet is No Longer Necessary

Anesthesiology is the branch of medicine committed to pain relief and patient care before, during, and after surgery and other procedures. It has origins in ancient times but made large advances in the last two centuries.

It is one of medicine’s greatest achievements that someone can comfortably drift off to sleep, have their knee replaced, or their gallbladder removed, and wake up with minimal pai…