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  • Anesthetics block nerve endings from sending pain impulses to your brain.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Anesthetics block nerve endings from sending pain impulses to your brain.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Anesthetics allowed for longer surgeries during which amputation stumps could be more carefully crafted to fit more comfortably into prosthetic devices.

    Prosthetics ewillett 2007

  • Anesthetics can trigger malignant hyperthermia, a rare but deadly disorder, in susceptible patients.

    A Fresh Focus 2008

  • Anesthetics have evolved as well, and through contemporary versions of ancient techniques such as electroacupuncture and guided-imagery hypnosis, pain is being lessened.

    The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006

  • Anesthetics amounted to opium, if Green had any, or, if not, biting on a bullet.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • Anesthetics amounted to opium, if Green had any, or, if not, biting on a bullet.

    John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003

  • Anesthetics themselves are commonly used in experimental medicine to produce stress, and stress of anesthesia is a serious problem in clinical surgery.

    Handbook of Stress Leo Goldberger 1993

  • Anesthetics operate by changing the composition of neuronal membranes, blocking the passage of ions and preventing neurons from firing.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Anesthetics operate by changing the composition of neuronal membranes, blocking the passage of ions and preventing neurons from firing.

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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