Reviews Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How Anaesthetics Changed the World by Stephanie J. Snow Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterPinterestPocketRedditPrint By Science News March 13, 2009 at 1:09 pm An account of the early pain-dulling and sensation-killing drugs and their effects on society.Oxford, 2008, 226 p., $34.95. Blessed Days of Anaesthesia: How Anaesthetics Changed the World by Stephanie J. Snow