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Crawford W. Long Museum




            Got ether? Jackson County has the
         distinction of being the ‘Birthplace of
         Anesthesia.’ Tour the site of the first
         painless surgery using ether, performed
         in 1842 by Dr. Crawford W. Long, and
         explore the history of “America’s greatest
         contribution to medicine” at the Crawford
         W. Long Museum in Jefferson. Trace
         the development of anesthesia
         to advanced modern operating
         technology. Visitors can also
         buy souvenirs from the mid-
         1800s general store.














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