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Explanation: Before anesthesia, it was actually considered that the best method of major surgery, like amputations, was whichever one got it done the fastest - as cutting into a conscious, writhing, screaming human being is difficult work.
Doctors putting out their patients with a single good punch is not, to my knowledge, on record, but is hilarious to think of.
There was some (I don’t know how widespread) use of strong alcohols as sedatives. Get them drunk!