How Did People Survive Surgery Without Anesthesia?

Before modern painkillers and anesthesia existed, going to the doctor was often worse than the disease. People pressed live electric fish onto their foreheads, drank potions made from hemlock and pig bile, chewed willow tree bark, and raced against a surgeon's pocket watch. So what are the craziest things humans ever did to stop pain? In this documentary, we explore the strange, terrifying, and surprisingly clever history of pain relief, traveling from ancient Egyptian temples and Roman bathhouses to 19th-century operating theaters and the accidental lab discoveries that gave us modern medicine. #History #MedicalHistory #AncientHistory