Anesthesia was in its infancy when the American Civil War began in 1861. The sheer number of casualties gave surgeons on both sides the opportunity to gain experience with the first two anesthetic ...

Australian journalist and novelist Cole-Adams (Walking to the Moon) mingles her own experiences under anesthesia with those of other patients and doctors, producing a personal work that is a mix of ...

If you’ve ever had surgery, you’ve probably wondered about how anesthesia works, or maybe even lied awake at night anxious about going under. If you’ve ever been there, I’m sure you remember: Right ...