Scicast

What if there was no anesthesia? (SciCast #574) (2024x2)

Air date: Jan 12, 2024

Imagine going to the dentist without anesthesia? Imagine having a surgical procedure without anesthesia? Imagine performing surgery on a non-human animal without anesthesia? Well, this torture scenario is what we talked about in this episode of SciCast/Contrafactual. What would surgeries be like nowadays? What other techniques would we use in a world without anesthesia? Would intensive therapy still exist? Would plastic surgery still exist? How would pediatrics and veterinary medicine be impacted?