Citations:anæsthetical

Adjective: optional form of

 * 1853, L. Fitzgerald Tasistro in Statements, Supported by Evidence; page #571:
 * It affects the latter department, which has already derived some benefits from anæsthetical appliances, in the cure of certain diseases, especially where pain is the principal symptom, by means of ether or of chloroform.
 * 1865, The National Quarterly Review, Edward I. Sears; Volume XI, Article VII, page #144:
 * Like many great discoveries which have stamped epochs in the history of the world, the introduction of anæsthetical agents in surgery may be considered a combined result of minds operating at different times and places.