general anesthetic

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After that surgery, Francis lamented that he hadn’t responded well to the general anesthetic.

From Seattle Times

We’re taking a closer look at how ketamine is being used to treat depression, the path the drug took from general anesthetic to taboo rave drug to an off-label psychiatric medication, and the potential pitfalls.

From Los Angeles Times

“I am slowly getting better,” he said, adding that he was undergoing laser and magnet therapy and avoided an operation because general anesthetic in last year’s colon surgery had given him bad side effects.

From New York Times

Ether had made its way into medicine as a general anesthetic in 1846, with chloroform arriving the very next year.

From Salon

A statement from the palace revealed that the surgery required general anesthetic and lasted four hours.

From Fox News