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Lorene Leiter

Lorene Leiter spent most of her working years in scientific research in the fields of nutrition, cancer, and neuroscience. Most recently, she taught Anatomy and Physiology at Midlands Technical College in Columbia, South Carolina. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts and a Ph.D. in Nutrition from Rutgers University. She is the author of many scientific papers.

The Southern Origins of Anesthesia Blog

The Southern Origins of Anesthesia

Some call it eureka, that moment of inspiration when an imaginative brain makes a connection no one else made. Dr. Crawford W. Long of Georgia possessed this gift when he discovered that ether could be used as an anesthetic in surgery—a long sought remedy after hundreds of years of suffering. What led to Dr. Long’s discovery? First, let’s meet the…
Lorene Leiter
May 8, 2024