Obstetric Ether Administration
- When
- 1845
- Where
- Jefferson, Georgia (inferred from Long's practice location)
Long administered ether to his wife during childbirth in 1845, an early private use of anesthesia, with the location inferred from his Jefferson, Georgia practice.
In 1845, Crawford Long had his wife inhale ether while she was giving birth. The supplied passage does not state the location; placing the event in Jefferson, Georgia is an inference from Long's practice there, not a directly sourced occurrence locality. The exact date is not specified in the source, contradicting the legacy claim of December 27. This was a private application, distinct from public surgical demonstrations.
Sources
- Crawford Long Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
- Jefferson, Georgia Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
Machine-drafted from the cited Wikipedia passages and checked by a reviewing model, not by a human editor. Every passage cites the revision it was written from; dates and places follow those passages.