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06-19-2020, 10:06 AM
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| The Candyman With the Windowless Van Poster Rank:141 Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 11,547 Mentioned: 32 Post(s) Quoted: 6129 Post(s)
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Re: Young Couple Killed by Drunk Driving Journalist
Anesthesia was only invented in the 19th century. Before that they gave the patient alcohol to get him/her a bit drunk and something firm but pliant between the teeth to bite down on (The expression "bite the [lead] bullet" comes from this). Battlefield amputations were commonly done this way. The stories of Civil War surgeons are not for those with weak stomachs.
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