Please add spaces between words: Itdidnotmakethingsanybetterthatanaestheticswerenotyetinventedatthetime,andpatientswerebothconsciousandabletofeelthepaintheyweresubjectedto.AnespeciallypainfuloperationonachildmadeitcleartoDarwinthatheneededtochooseanothercareer.
It did not make things any better that anaesthetics were not yet invented at the time, and patients were both conscious and able to feel the pain they were subjected to. An especially painful operation on a child made it clear to Darwin that he needed to choose another career.