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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't they already have opium at that point?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A painkiller/analgesic, but not a general anesthetic. General anesthesia puts you out, which is separate from painkilling or even sedation. A patient even with greatly reduced pain still often reacts to stimuli, and what you want most of all is for them to be still and unreactive.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, but using an actual painkiller is at least a lot better than getting punched out or drunk ...