William E. Clarke uses inhaled anesthetic for dental surgery (1842)

In January 1842, medical student William E. Clarke administered ether to Miss Hobbie while Elijah Pope performed a dental extraction at Berkshire Medical College. Two months later, on March 30, 1842, Crawford Long used inhaled sulfuric ether to remove a tumor from a patient's neck in Jefferson, Georgia. Morton was later generally credited with the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia.

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Clarke's Dental Procedure. In January 1842, while attending Berkshire Medical College, Clarke administered ether to Miss Hobbie. Elijah Pope performed the dental extraction. This event is recorded as an early use of inhaled anesthetic for dental surgery, predating the public demonstrations of 1846.

Crawford Long's Ether Use. Crawford Williamson Long, an American surgeon and pharmacist who received his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839, took over a rural medical practice in Jefferson, Jackson County, in 1841. On March 30, 1842, he used ether to remove a tumor from the neck of a patient, James M. Long performed six additional surgeries after this initial use, and informed surgical colleagues who had similarly administered ether in their practices, though Morton is generally credited with the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia.

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