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The first patient to whom Crawford Williamson Long administered s. ether
Dr. Long's handwritten account of his first use of ether as an anesthetic twelve years after the occasion. Also contains clippings from The Athens banner reporting on the Medical Association of Georgia's meeting at Athens, Ga. in 1910, honoring Dr. Long.
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Long, Crawford Williamson. The first patient to whom Crawford Williamson Long administered s[ulphuric] ether. c.1854-1910. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 86.
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Long, Crawford Williamson. The first patient to whom Crawford Williamson Long administered s[ulphuric] ether. c.1854-1910. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 86. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/346 Accessed July 21, 2025.