Hey, just for fun, go check this one out.You'll see a list of interesting and significant events that took place on this day in history.
   The one that really caught my eye for Sept. 30th took place in 1846, when Dentist William Morton of Boston became the first to use ether as an anesthetic on a patient. I know that it was a very tricky process at first, to get the use of the ether just right. A lot of patients were lost to overdoses.
   The first surgical anesthetic use of ether is credited to the 27-year-old Dr. Crawford Williamson Long, MD, of Jefferson, Georgia. He used ether on March 30, 1842, when he removed one of the two tumors from the neck of his patient, one Mr. James.
   If you want to know more about ether, go to this site. There's lots of fascinating info there, like the fact that ether was actually discovered in 1275 by a Spanish chemist Raymundus Lullius, who called it "sweet vitriol", the name that was used until 1730, when it was changed to ether.
   Have a look, but don't stay too long, in case the site puts you to sleep!