By focusing on nervous system circuits of nociception, the body’s sensing of tissue damage, anesthesiologists can achieve unconsciousness in patients using less drug and manage post-operative pain better, leading to less need for opioids. (1)

We don’t know what consciousness is.

Yet, we know when we do not have it.

We can’t say what a soul is.

But we all feel we have one.

Look out for the things you cannot know.

They are the only ones which are worth knowing…