ANESTHESIA WAS AN UNKNOWN MEDICAL PRACTICE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. SURGEONS WOULD USUALLY GIVE THE PATIENTS ALCOHOL OR CHLOROFORM TO REDUCE THE PAIN FROM SURGERIES BUT THE PATIENT WAS STILL CONCIOUS. DR. JULIAN JOHN CHISOLM INVENTED AN "ANETHETIC INHALER" DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO EASE THE SOLIDERS PAIN DURING SURGERIES BETTER. THE INHALER WAS FILLED WITH CHLOROFORM WHERE IT WOULD THEN DRIP AND FILTER THROUGH A SPONGE SO THAT THE VAPORS COULD MIX WITH THE AIR. THE INHALER USED ONLY 1/8 OF AN OUNCE OF CHLOROFORM INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUSLY USED 2 OUNCE DOSE. THIS INVENTION HELPED SOLIDERS GET THROUGHT THEIR GRUSOME OPPERATIONS A LOT EASIER THAN THEY COULD BEFORE.