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Timeline of anesthesiology

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| 1779 || Field development || German doctor {{w|Franz Mesmer}} describes using {{w|magnet}}s and {{w|hypnosis}} to cure many ailments.<ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> ||
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| 1796 || Field development || James Moore compresses nerves to produce local anesthesia.<ref name="History of anaesthesia"/> ||
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| 1796 || || German pharmacist {{w|Wilhelm August Lampadius}} discovers Carbon Disulfide{{w|carbon disulfide}}, which is later used as treatment for a variety of diseases and is tried as an anesthetic agent before the advent of {{w|chloroform}}.<ref name="A Dictionary of the History of Medicine"/> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1799 || Field development || British chemist {{w|Humphry Davy}} introduces nitrous oxide into medical practice.<ref name="The History of Professionalism in Anesthesiology"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 1800 || || {{w|Humphry Davy}} observes "As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place."<ref name="History of Anesthesia"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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