Ellis Harold
Department of Anatomy, University of London, Guy's Campus, London, SE1 1UL.
J Perioper Pract. 2010 Aug;20(8):302-3. doi: 10.1177/175045891002000807.
If you should ask me to name the most important date in the whole history of surgery, I would reply, without a moment's hesitation, Friday October 16th 1846. The operation was a simple, almost trivial procedure, the removal of a small benign lump in the neck, but it marked the watershed between the past agonies of surgery and the modern era, where our patients enjoy the blissful oblivion of anaesthesia.
如果你让我说出外科手术史上最重要的日子，我会毫不犹豫地回答，1846年10月16日，星期五。那次手术是一个简单得近乎微不足道的程序，切除颈部一个小的良性肿块，但它标志着外科手术过去的痛苦与现代时期之间的分水岭，在现代，我们的患者能在麻醉中享受幸福的无知觉状态。
