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John Snow (1813-1858) 680

John Snow

John Snow (1813-1858), English physician. Pioneer of anaesthesia and epidemiology. Defined etherization stages and traced cholera outbreaks to contaminated water in London.

Crawford Williamson Long (1815-1878) 680

Crawford W. Long

Crawford W. Long (1815–1878), American physician who first used sulphuric ether for surgical anaesthesia on March 30, 1842