Here is a complete history of anesthesia that focuses on the people and events that have shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.

Here is a complete history of anesthesia that focuses on the people and events that have shaped the specialty around the world, particularly during the past 70 years when anesthesia emerged from empiricism and developed into a science-based practice.