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Fanny Longfellow wife of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first to have obstetric anesthsia administered in the United States. This procedure took place April 7, 1847 during the birth of her daughter. Almost 160 years have gone past.
In the poet's journal he also reports April 8, he had a tooth extracted with ether. Interesting facts...
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