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Chemical traces on fifteenth-century surgical tools suggest that topical anaesthetics were used in China more than 600 years ago go.nature.com/4fe4LDt
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Traces on tweezers and surgical scissors suggest liquid medication was applied to the skin of patients.
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Surgeons in imperial China used anaesthetics — in careful doses
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