Emory's Midtown hospital celebrated its 100-year
anniversary in 2008. The institution's history dates back to 1908, when two
physicians, Edward Campbell Davis and a former student of his, Luther C. Fischer, opened the 26-bed
Davis-Fischer Sanatorium on Crew Street, near present-day
Turner Field. With just 26 beds, the hospital quickly outgrew its capacity and by 1911, Davis and Fischer moved the hospital to its present site, opening an 85-bed Davis-Fischer Sanatorium on Linden Avenue. The 11-story
W. W. Orr Doctors' Building opened in 1930. In 1931, the hospital was renamed Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital in honor of
Crawford W. Long, the Georgia physician who discovered
sulphuric ether for use as an
anesthetic, and was the first doctor to use anesthesia during
surgery. Emory Crawford Long Hospital was renamed "Emory University Hospital Midtown", effective February 13, 2009, in order to more clearly identify it as part of the university. However, as part of Emory's commitment to honor a more than 100-year history of the original name, 'Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital' is retained on exterior monuments. ==See also==