First Use of Ether as an anasthetic in surgery (Jackson County)
N 34° 07.111 W 083° 34.464
17S E 262560 N 3778290
Actual site of this FIRST was here, in Jefferson
Waymark Code: WMM56
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
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This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 11, 1796, is named for James Jackson who later became Governor in 1788-1801. A soldier of the Revolution he served in Congress 1789-91 and in the Senate 1793-95 and 1801-06. He strongly opposed the Yazoo fraud, and died in 1806. Here in Jefferson ether was first used as an anaesthetic in surgery by Dr. Crawford W. Long on March 30, 1842. Among the first County Officers were: Sherriff John Hart, Clerk of Superior Court George Taylor, Clerk of Inferior Court Daniel W. Easley, Coroner Isham Williams and Surveyor James Harper.
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