Tag: anaesthetic

A brief history of anaesthetics and how they work – in C&EN

Click to view the full graphic on the C&EN site

Surgery has become a lot more comfortable since the first demonstrations of ether anaesthesia in the 1840s. In October’s edition of Periodic Graphics in Chemical & Engineering News, we looked at the different types of anaesthesia, the compounds involved, and what we know about how they work. Click through to the C&EN site to view the full graphic.

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