Chinese medical practitioners used extremely toxic plant as a topical anesthetic 600 years ago, study finds

365 points by JackFisherBooks 23 hours ago on reddit | 6 comments

Random_182f2565 | 21 hours ago

But did they work?

Silencer306 | 21 hours ago

Yes they’re still asleep

TipAfraid4755 | 18 hours ago

the anesthetic was made from the highly toxic plant Chinese wolfsbane

Yugan-Dali | 18 hours ago

烏頭 aka 雞毒 if anybody’s interested

propargyl | 17 hours ago