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Wikipedia has a comprehensive overview of the history of General Anaesthesia. The history of Ether anesthesia is described at the Mass. General site.

The Anaesthesia History Association has a 'this month in Anaesthesia History' page.

Paul Wood's Library-Museum of Anesthesiology is excellent.

The UCLA Index of Medieval Medical Images demonstrates how far we've come!

Roger Traill puts a strong case that the 'Triad of Anaesthesia' has been usurped by 'Unrousable Unconsciousness' in his paper "Anaesthesia - a Modern Concept".

Here's a nice overview of the history of anaesthesia from the Medical Coding Career site, and a detailed review of historical opposition to the concept of pain relief for surgery and how these were overcome.