Surgeon August Bier Tested a Form of Anesthesia Consisting of Injecting Cocaine Directly to the Spine on His Very Own Assistant. To Check if it Worked, He Stuck a Needle in His Assistant’s Leg, Hit Him on the Shins with a Hammer, Ripped His Pubic Hair, and Even Squeezed His Testicles.
August Bier was a surgeon from Germany. He was the first to use spinal and intravenous regional anesthesia. But how did August Bier know if his method of anesthesia worked? August Bier tested a form of anesthesia consisting of injecting cocaine directly into the spine on his assistant, and to see how effective it was, […]