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Before anesthesia, surgery was synonymous with torture. Patients were often restrained or given alcohol as the only relief. The 1846 demonstration by dentist William Morton, using sulfuric ether, was a watershed. Witnessed by Boston's leading surgeons, it proved a patient could undergo major surgery without pain or memory of the event. This allowed for longer, more complex operations, drastically improving survival rates. However, its adoption faced resistance from some religious figures who int

Mercy Medical Center has made history as the first hospital in the world to use the newly FDA-approved MarginProbe® 2 during breast-conserving surgery. This technology helps surgeons check tissue during surgery to make sure all cancer is removed. The device confirms whether the edges of the removed tissue are free of cancer, meaning that fewer patients have to return for another surgery, which can ease their stress and speed their recovery. Mercy has used the original MarginProbe since 2014 and