More on the history of pain treatment

Okay, so we get smarter, right?

Well, we know what happened in the early 1900's......more than 200,000 people addicted to opium so Congress passed a law in 1909 prohibiting the manufacture and sale of opium.

1915-1951- The Violet Ray Generator.  Tens of thousands were sold.  The claim was it cured paralysis, wry neck and writer's cramp among other things.  In 1951 the FDA banned the manufacture from claiming it provided medical cures.

1919:  The Electreat:  (The TENS device):  Patented by Charles Willie Kent, operated on two "D" batteries and a mechanical inductorium.  A roller was at the top and applied to the skin, plug in sponge pad electrodes were supplied to the area.

1939:  Remember I said 200,000 people are addicted to opium?  Germany was the first to synthesize Methadone for pain relief.

1944-1948:  The opening of Nerve Block Clinics which were devoted to the treatment of pain.

1967:  Neurostimulators:  implantation was done on six patients in 1970 by Neurosurgeon C. Norman Shealy.

1972:  The neurostimulators were first marketed to neurosurgeons but the device was renamed to spinal cord stimulators.

1976:  First totally implantable neurostimulator:  The Cardiac pacemaker.

1980's:  Epidurals.  This is the use of opioids administered directly into the spinal column.

1997:  IDET:  Intradiscal electrothermic therapy was introduced as treatment for chronic low back pain.  This involves killing nerve fibers by heating a catheter positioned inside the spinal disc.

2004-2005:  The first rechargeable spinal cord stimulation systems became available in the U.S.

2008:  St. Jude Medical introduces the longest lasting rechargeable neurostimulator to treat chronic pain of the trunk or limbs and pain from failed back surgery....the Eon Mini.  (Advanced Neuromodulation Systems. Eon Neurostimulation System Clinician's Manual.  Plano, Tex.; 2005)  2010 Approved in Japan.

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The way they USED to deal with pain

I am so glad I was born in my generation and not generation in the past.  What used to be done for pain, by today's standard, ARE CRAZY!!!

Lets first take a look at BC:  Opium was the drug of choice as we discovered by the Egyptian Medical Scrolls dating back to 1500 BC.  During this time another form of pain treatment was 600 Bolts of electricity first discovered in ancient Greece.


Let's not forget Leeches, 500-1500 AD!  They were applied to the skin to treat headaches!!!!

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In the 1750's:  Who can forget kite flying Benjamin Franklin.  Yes, while out flying his kite he verified electricity.....did you know that he experimented with the creation of batteries also?  During this time they used batteries to send electrical stimulation to treat pain.
Early 1800's Morphine replaced Opium.

1874:  For those of you who thought marijuana just started for pain, guess again.  The cannabis plant was a "well regarded" way to treat headaches.

1882:  The Faradic Electrifier, which claimed to treat Rheumatism, Disease of the Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, Lung Complaints, Paralysis, Lost Vitality, Nervous Disability, Female Complaints which later the inventor, Kent was the first to be prosecuted by the FDA for false advertising.

1898:  Advertised by Germany's Bayer Company:  At least 10 times as potent a painkiller as morphine without any of the "addicting properties."  Can you guess what this was?      HEROIN!

I don't know about you but I am pretty glad I was not in pain during these times.  No wonder the average life span in the 1800's was under 40!!



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