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Sept. 15, 1884: Eyeing Cocaine as Local Anesthetic
1884: A medical breakthrough just four days old opens the eyes of ophthalmologists at a medical convention — cocaine works as a local anesthetic. “The cocaine business has indeed brought me much honor,...
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Sept. 30, 1846: Ether He Was the First or He Wasn’t
1846: Dentist William Morton uses ether to anesthetize a patient in Boston. It was not the first such use, but it began a train of events leading to the widespread adoption of ether for surgical...
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April 8, 1869: What Do You Mean, ‘It’s Not Brain Surgery’?
1869: Neurosurgery pioneer Harvey Cushing is born. His achievements in medicine and the telling of its history will become legendary. After undergraduate work at Yale, Cushing entered Harvard Medical...
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June 17, 1867: Lister Cuts Clean, Saves Lives
British surgeon Joseph Lister performs the first surgery under antiseptic conditions. Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born in the 20th century and not the 19th.
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