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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So, some things that are very old have anesthetic or analgesic effects. One of the more common ones would be alcohol, usually high concentration. Doubles as a disinfectant

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