>We know exactly what each drug does We know enough about them to use them safely, but most anaesthetic drugs are somewhere on the spectrum from "not fully und

>We know exactly what each drug does We know enough about them to use them safely, but most anaesthetic drugs are somewhere on the spectrum from "not fully understood" to "a complete mystery". Science knows how anaesthesia works in the same sense that I know how a car works - I can push the pedals and turn the wheels with sufficient proficiency to get to the grocery store in one piece, but I'll be damned if I can explain what's happening under the hood. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778226/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778226/