/oss/taxonomy/term/4480/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition-history/happy-ether-day <p>This past week on October 16 we celebrated National Ether Day. If you missed it, here is why you should not have. Rarely does a single event alter the course of medicine, but that is exactly what happened 175 years ago at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital on October 16, 1846, in the surgical theatre that would eventually be christened “The Ether Dome.” Dr.</p> Fri, 22 Oct 2021 19:36:01 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8906 at /oss /oss/article/health-general-science/knocked-out-put-under-anesthetized-and-sedated-different-types-anesthesia <p>If you’ve read <a href="/oss/article/health-general-science/why-am-i-allowed-drink-clear-fluids-surgery-not-eat">the article I wrote</a> about why patients are allowed to drink clear fluids but not eat before surgery you’ll know that I recently had surgery to repair the ACL and meniscus in my left knee. I was given instructions to stop eating at midnight the evening before surgery so that my stomach would be empty come the morning. This was to reduce the risk that I would regurgitate food from my stomach into my trachea and choke once I was “put to sleep”.</p> Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:42:05 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 8223 at /oss