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Anaesthesia transformed surgery from a last resort into a more survivable medical practice.

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Before anaesthesia, surgery meant speed and agony. Ether and chloroform in the 1840s made operations survivable and calm — turning a last resort into real medicine.

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Anestezi, ameliyatı son çare olmaktan çıkarıp hayatta kalma ihtimali daha yüksek bir tıbbi uygulamaya dönüştürdü.

Anesteziden önce cerrahi, hız ve ıstırap demekti. 1840'larda eter ve kloroform, ameliyatları katlanılabilir ve sakin kıldı — son çareyi gerçek bir tıbba dönüştürdü.

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