How were people able to go through surgeries before anesthesia came into place?

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How were people able to go through surgeries before anesthesia came into place? Alcohol barely does anything for the pain.

I imagine the pain alone would make most people flip out. There’s no chance they could just sit still and bear it, could they?

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Drink this whiskey, and bite down on your belt is a trope from cowboy movies. Id expect laudunum, a mixture of booze and opium was better than nothing

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