Is 'After anesthesia was introduced in the U.S. in 1844, the phrase came flguratively to mean to `deal with a bad situation resolutely,' as in Rudyard Kipling's lines  Bite the bullet, old man,/ And don't let them think you're afraid. ' a fitting logical lead-up to 'Anesthesia was first used in the United States in 1844.'
After anesthesia was introduced in the U.S. in 1844, the phrase came flguratively to mean to `deal with a bad situation resolutely,' as in Rudyard Kipling's lines  Bite the bullet, old man,/ And don't let them think you're afraid. ###Anesthesia was first used in the United States in 1844.