Today (Friday 16th October) is World Anaesthesia Day. To mark this occasion, we have selected ten of the most interesting events in the history of anaesthesia. From the discovery of diethyl ether by Paracelsus in 1525, to James Young Simpson's first use of chloroform in 1847, and the creation of the first specialist anaesthetic society in 1992 - anaesthesia is a medical discipline with a fascinating past.
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