Do you know that the idea of anesthesia came from a scientist reading Genesis and seeing how God put Adam into a deep sleep?
Do you have a reference for this claim? I was not aware of this particular aspect of the history of anesthesia..
Frankly, I was also curious about this assertion about anesthesia...just did a brief Google search and found this rather long, but interesting article about a dentist with an open, scientific mind, who was concerned with the pain his dental patients often experienced with tooth extractions...with this concern in mind, he noticed the effects of nitrous oxide(laughing gas) on someone in the audience of a 'side show' promoter...a chance encounter....nothing about a scientist reading Genesis and seeing how God put Adam into a deep sleep...just a scientist being in the right place at the right time, to witness something which he thought might become medically important and revolutionary...read the link...its informative and interesting, tho a bit long, but worth the read...
http://www.dent.ucla.edu/pic/visitors/anesthesia.html