Dr. Alopi (Alopi Patel)

And as I'm giving that IV, you're going to feel me rubbing on the other hand.

And that rubbing is going to make you feel better.

And slowly you'll start feeling warmer and warmer.

pretend you're putting your toes in the sand, sipping those margaritas, and soon you'll be off to sleep.

And it's a type of anesthesia you can't really put in an IV.

It's being able to comfort a patient and help them anticipate what to expect next.

Most recipes, you need the same ingredients if you're making something like banana muffins, right?

But the amount you're making depends on how many people you're making it for.

Do you want something more salty or sugary?

Whatever.

brain surgery, back surgery, heart surgery.

You would not be able to do any of these surgeries, abdominal surgeries, without having the patient completely asleep and paralyzed or their muscles relaxed for the procedure.

Yes.

The traditional sort of history of anesthesia kind of starts around the mid-1800s.

So the most popular form of anesthesia that was studied at that time was chloroform.

So ether was another one and nitrous oxide.

They're all various sort of inhaled anesthetics that can knock out a patient.

The first successful demonstration of anesthesia was in 1846, and this was done by William Morton.

William Morton was actually a dentist who was experimenting with different types of anesthesia, and ether was the one that he successfully demonstrated.

The day that he successfully demonstrated anesthesia was October 16th, 1846, in the Ether Dome in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.