Anaesthetic

A medicineMedicineMeans of curing an infection or a disease. Antibiotics for example are medicines.Read more which stops you feeling pain. The doctorDoctorSomeone who is trained to cure sick people. Doctors can prescribe medicines. A…Read more gives you a local or general anaestheticAnaestheticA medicine which stops you feeling pain. The doctor gives you a local or…Read more before an operation. In the case of local anaesthetic, only the part of the body which is going to have the operation is anaesthetized, so you feel nothing there, but you are still awake. In the case of general anaesthetic, the medicine puts you to sleep.