Anesthesia Impact On Society

Many efforts at alleviating pain and discomfort have been a part of humanity's story since the beginning, and to this end our better-known responses have been the use of alcoholic beverages and the leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant (i.e., marijuana).

During this era, the economy that relied on agriculture turned into one that was fuelled by machine manufacturing. This process led the people working on farms to the urban factories. The industrial revolution changed the process of how goods were manufactured. Prior to the revolution, goods were hand-made from people’s homes. This all changed in the 1700’s when products were made from machines in large factories.

Anesthesia was one of the first medical inventions to be discovered during the industrial revolution. The drug was invented by William Morton, an American dentist in 1846, who first demonstrated it’s use

These crucial advancements resulted in the modern Anesthetic as we know it today.

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Anesthesia did not only have a significant impact on society, but also on medical science.

Firstly, Anesthesia made many surgical operations possible and saved millions of lives. As most people would have rather committed suicide than undergo surgery, Anesthetics allowed for patient’s to be operated on safely and without pain. Surgery is a very common practice in all parts of the world and can only be possible with the help of Anesthetics. According to the Massachusetts Academy of Mathematics and Science, ‘40 million people in North America are administered to Anesthesia every year’ (2010 p. 37). This statistic shows how Anesthesia influences many people lives every day.

In addition, Anesthesia has created advancements in other areas of the medical science field. Surgery itself made advancements through refining surgical procedures, which led to more complex techniques and therefore saving more