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The surprising (and Long) story of the first use of ether in surgery

  • Written by Roger K. Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Georgia
The surprising (and Long) story of the first use of ether in surgeryAn illustration of Crawford Long removing a tumor from the neck of James Venable. Crawford W. Long Museum, CC BY-SA

In the small town of Jefferson, Georgia, about 20 miles from the University of Georgia in Athens, a 26-year-old physician named Crawford Williamson Long removed a tumor from the neck of a man named James Venable while Venable was...

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