Every year on October 16, World Anesthesia Day commemorates a pivotal moment in medical history: the discovery of anesthesia 178 years ago. This milestone, marked by the first successful use of ...

2700 BC Shen Nung the second Chinese emperor tested the effects of 300 drugs on himself and explained the narcotic properties of the Kemp plant. 1350 BC The soporific and aphrodisiac properties of the ...

"I saw everything," says 74-year-old Harry Stackhouse from Illinois, who was awake during his recent kidney transplant. He felt no pain as he chatted with doctors, examined the donor organ, and ...