<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl_ether" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Diethyl ether">Ether</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthesia" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anesthesia">anesthesia</a> is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Physician">Dr.</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawford_Long" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crawford Long">Crawford Long</a>.