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LONG, Crawford Williamson (1815 – 1878)

LONG, Crawford Williamson (1815 – 1878)

1815 – 1878

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Image source Joseph Jacobs · Some Personal Recollections and Private Correspondence of Dr. Crawford Williamson Long · Public domain

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1849 CE

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An account of the first use of sulphuric ether by inhalation as an anaesthetic in surgical operations.

LONG, Crawford Williamson (1815 – 1878)
LONG, Crawford Williamson (1815 – 1878)

There is no doubt that Long was the first successfully to use ether vapor as an anesthetic. This was on 30 March 1842, at Jefferson, Georgia. Unfortunately he did not publish his results until others, notably Morton, …