Welcome to AirNmenky's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Being the first person to accomplish something can be both a blessing and a curse.

The lack of precedence can be freeing.

There's nothing to live up to, no legacy to overcome.

However, being the first comes with its own set of problems.

For one, there's nobody to tell you what to expect.

One man didn't need anyone to tell in the odds, though.

In fact, he was the person reassuring people right before they did something risky.

This man you see was a surgeon.

His name was Evan O'Neill Kane, and he was born in 1861 to Elizabeth and Thomas Kane.

Thomas was a civil war hero, and the founder of the town where they lived, Kane, Pennsylvania.

Elizabeth was a prominent doctor in the town.

After Thomas's death in 1883, Elizabeth Evan and Evan's brother William founded the Woodside

Cottage Hospital, right there in Kane.

One year later, Evan graduated with his medical degree in Philadelphia before returning home

to practice at the family's hospital.

The facility was unique in that the doctors who were not part of the Kane family often

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