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Painless Surgery
nGen. 2:21 “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.”
nGod knew that the key to painless surgery was to put the patient to sleep.
nUntil
the 1800’s surgery was performed without anesthesia – perfected by William Morton ~ 1846, inspired by Gen.
2:21.
nAnesthetic
gases were discovered in early 1800’s.