How were people able to stay still for surgeries before the invention of anesthesia?

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How did people get surgeries done before anesthesia was invented? How were they able to stay still and not move around during the procedures?

There’s no way people could just grit their teeth and feel being cut, could they? The pain alone had to make people act out.

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I’ve gotten 7 stitches no anaesthetic. It sucks. But it isn’t traumatic. It’s like being constantly and consistently, annoyingly, pinched all throughout the area and under of where the needle is threading. The yarn just reignites the weirdness. All in all, you can forget it, it sucks for like 5 mins, then it’s just injury pain.

Anyway All you really need is the person to be knocked out. (Which I also would’ve been fine with)

We have freezing for local wounds. Like stitches/staples. It’s just the best, least intrusive and reliable way to not feel a damn thing while getting shit done and not being detrimental to the rest of your body.

Before you might get really really drunk, then black out and get stitches or ask a buddy to punch you out then have a doctor (or buddy) quickly stitch you up.

Now If you had to be put under.. I’m not sure. I assume alcohol and blacking out would work great. Might be traumatic. Not sure

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