Comments on: What percent has the number of deaths caused by surgery decreased since anesthesia was discovered? http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/what-percent-has-the-number-of-deaths-caused-by-surgery-decreased-since-anesthesia-was-discovered.surgery Surgery Medical Resources Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pangolin http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/what-percent-has-the-number-of-deaths-caused-by-surgery-decreased-since-anesthesia-was-discovered.surgery/comment-page-1#comment-5662 Pangolin Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:46:13 +0000 http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/what-percent-has-the-number-of-deaths-caused-by-surgery-decreased-since-anesthesia-was-discovered.surgery#comment-5662 That would require accurate records to have been kept prior to he introduction of anesthesia in the 1800's, and I'm certain that wasn't done. Also, pain doesn't kill. It takes more than that to do someone in. People died from a lot of things, and from what I've heard, it was most likely to be infection. Remember, there were no antibiotics then either. It's not so much the anesthesia that saves lives, but the careful monitoring and resuscitation by anesthesiologists. That would require accurate records to have been kept prior to he introduction of anesthesia in the 1800′s, and I’m certain that wasn’t done.

Also, pain doesn’t kill. It takes more than that to do someone in. People died from a lot of things, and from what I’ve heard, it was most likely to be infection. Remember, there were no antibiotics then either.

It’s not so much the anesthesia that saves lives, but the careful monitoring and resuscitation by anesthesiologists.

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