Question

The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss of feeling is _________.

1) anesthesiologist
2) anesthesiology
3) immunologist
4) immunology

Answer 1

The branch of medicine that deals with drugs that produce loss of feeling is anesthesiology, which includes both general and local anesthetics.

Step-by-step explanation:

The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce loss of feeling is anesthesiology. An anesthetic is a drug used to induce anesthesia, which is a temporary loss of sensation or awareness. These can be categorized as either general anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of consciousness, or local anesthetics, which cause a reversible loss of sensation for a specific part of the body. General anesthetics do not provide pain relief (analgesic effect) and should not be confused with sedatives, but are rather used to facilitate surgical procedures by producing unconsciousness and insensitivity to pain. Diethyl ether was the first general anesthetic to be used. Local anesthetics, on the other hand, block nerve conduction in the targeted area, leading to reversible sensory and sometimes motor paralysis.