Who discovered that ether gas could safely be used to put patients to sleep for surgery?

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• ABen Franklin and Edward Jenner
• BRob and Jackson
• CFlemming and Koch
• DCrawford Long and William T.G Morton

• A
  6% (2)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  91% (29)

Explanation

Crawford Long (1842) and William T.G. Morton (1846) were the pioneering physicians who demonstrated that ether could safely render patients unconscious during surgery - Long first used it privately, while Morton's public demonstration at Massachusetts General Hospital brought it widespread recognition.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - Ben Franklin was a statesman/inventor and Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine; neither worked with surgical anesthesia.
• B - "Rob and Jackson" are not historically recognized figures in medicine or anesthesia discovery.
• C - Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin and Robert Koch identified bacterial pathogens; both are germ-theory figures, not anesthesia pioneers.

Memory tip: Think "Long and Morton = Long before surgery was painful, Morton made it more tolerable" - or associate the initials Long and Morton with "Less pain Method."

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