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The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery

Smithsonian · Jun 11, 2026, 10:00 AM

Medical procedures used to be a scream-filled endurance test until doctors at this Boston institution learned to tame the pain of patients

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