Crawford Long
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Crawford Williamson Long was an American surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled sulfuric ether as an anesthetic.
Long in 1877
Crawford Long U.S. postage stamp
Statue of Long, National Statuary Hall Collection
William T. G. Morton
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William Thomas Green Morton was an American dentist who first publicly demonstrated the use of inhaled ether as a surgical anesthetic in 1846. He is credited with gaining the medical world’s acceptanc
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…the western legend Doc Holliday, and may have operated on Doc's cleft lip. On October 16, 1846, unaware of Long's prior work with ether during surgery, William T. G. Morton administered ether anesthesia before a medical audience at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. His work was published in the…
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Painting by Robert C. Hinckley, "The First Operation Under Ether" depicting the public demonstration of October 16, 1846.
Panel from monument in Boston commemorating Morton's demonstration of the anesthetic use of ether.