November 1, 1815

Crawford Long

Anyone who has ever had surgery owes him of debt of thanks. Crawford Long was born in Danielsville, Georgia in 1815 and graduated from the University of Georgia. While getting his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, he witnessed firsthand the excruciating pain of patients undergoing surgery, and the crude methods used to alleviate […]

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Doctor's Day is celebrated March 30 in honor of the first day that Crawford Long used ether anesthetic in surgery.