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Who Was the First to Use Ether Anesthesia for the Relief of Surgical Pain?
Curtis G. Hames, MD
Evans Country Health Department Heart Research Project
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(6):591-592.
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As a native Georgian, I have always thought that Crawford W. Long, MD, a rural physician from Jefferson, Ga, began the use of ether anesthesia. During my early years, the issue of who was the first to discover ether anesthesia seemed so free of controversy.
I recall very early in childhood hearing my family discuss the state of Gergia's proposal for erecting a statue to honor Dr Long in the US Capitol Statuary Hall. My next impression occurred when I was able to visit and see Dr Long's Statue in the Statuary hall in Washington, DC. In 1937, I entered the University of Georgia in Athens, a few miles from Jefferson where Dr Long's office and see some of his equpment. His Office is now a histroical landmark, and there are some 30 books, many papers, letters, and other materials avaialble in the athens libraries on this subject.
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