It has often been reported that Joseph Clover anaesthetised Leopold, King of the Belgians. Study of his personal papers has revealed that, although he was put on standby for the operations on King Leopold, he was never actually called by Henry Thompson for these procedures. Ultimately they were all performed without anaesthesia for the reasons outlined in the article below, reproduced with kind permission from Anaesthesia and Intensive Care.
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