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Dr Crawford W Long and His Great Discovery
A Georgia medical banquet honors Crawford W Long, the physician who first used ether as an anesthetic in 1842. The article recounts Long’s life in Jefferson and Athens, his quiet method, and the debate over priority with Wells and Morton, noting recognitions by various bodies and his death in 1878.
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J. J. Goss
Iit
Georgian Medical Association
Sesson
Jrome
Crawford
W. Long
Jefferson, Ga
Long
Georgia
Parces
Toin Statuary Hall
Na Capitol
Alexander H. Stephens
Seren Lenewee
Helen
Ulysses
Pliny
Galen
Materia Medica
Reginald Scott
Jas
Thompson
Glasgow
United States
Samuel Long
Pennsylvania
Lafayette
Yorktown
James Long
Senate
Commonwealth
William H
Lfe
Dr. Long
George Eliot
Phillips Brooks
Crawford W. Long
Isaac Newton
Peter the Great
James
Crawford Long
Ange de Laperrivere
M. D
Jackson County
C. W. Long
Jackson
R. D. Moore
Joseph B. Carlton
Athens
Emma Carlton
Jefferson
John Milton
Wells
Hartford
Morton
Morton Ip
Boston Medical Journal
Marion and
Congress
American Medical Association
Eclectic” Medical Association
Henri Stuart
Woman's Hospital
New York