Crawford W. Long

November 1st

• Crawford Williamson Long was an American physician who was the first in the U.S. to use ether as anesthetic in surgery.
• On 30 Mar 1842, practicing in rural Georgia, he first used ether anesthetic while he removed a tumour from a patient’s neck.
• Although he operated more times with ether before 1846, he was apparently unaware of its full significance and did not publish a description of his procedure until 1849.