Crawford long was an exceptionally intelligent doctor. Also he was very Resourceful, because of the incredible way that he found to make anesthetics using ether. Crawford Long was the first guy to successfully use ether anesthetics in surgery. He was born in Danielsville, Georgia on Nov. 1, 1815. He got his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. Long is now known to be the first to use an ether-based anesthesia. He returned to his home …
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…recognized as Doctor's Day, and the birthday of anesthesia. Long kept on practicing medicine in until he died on June 19, 1878 from heart failure after delivering a baby. And now Crawford Lon even has a county in Georgia named after him, he is on a collectable stamp and he has a statue. As you can see Crawford Long was a very successful medical doctor. Today ether anesthetics are still used, but dentists still use nitrous oxide.