Anaesthesia: the whole path

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    Fire & ShelterI

    Rope & Cordage

    Twisted fibres that hold the world

    50,000 years ago

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    Materials & ChemistryII

    Pottery

    Clay turned to stone by fire

    18,000 years ago

    needs 1

  4. 4
    Fire & ShelterII

    Drinking Water

    Draw, settle, filter, boil

    c. 8,400 BCE

    needs 1, 2, 3

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    Medicine & HygieneII

    Soap

    Fat and ash against germs

    c. 2,800 BCE

    needs 1, 3

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    Materials & ChemistryIII

    Glass

    Melted sand you can see through

    c. 2,500 BCE

    needs 3

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    Materials & ChemistryIII

    Distillation

    Separating liquids by boiling and condensing

    c. 300

    needs 1, 3

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    Optics & ImagingIII

    Eyeglasses

    Lenses that extend a working life

    c. 1286

    needs 6

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    Optics & ImagingIV

    Microscope

    A world too small to see

    c. 1590

    needs 8

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    Medicine & HygieneIV

    Anaesthesia

    Surgery without pain or awareness

    1846

    Goal · needs 6, 10


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