general anesthetic

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“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

Shortly before midnight, the Vatican released a statement with the names of the pope’s many doctors saying that he had “responded well to the operation performed under a general anesthetic.”

From New York Times

Is a general anesthetic necessary or might the surgery be done under a regional or local anesthetic?

From New York Times