The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia
The Backstory: 10,000 Years of Surgery With No Anesthesia  
Podcast: The Backstory with Patty Steele
Published On: Fri Oct 03 2025
Description: Have you ever thought about what surgery would have been like before the advent of anesthesia? Doctors did everything from amputations to mastectomies to tooth extraction with almost no pain relief for the patient. Their secret was speed, and their assistants were the original men in black.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.