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James Young Simpson

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Gender Male
Death153 years ago
Date of birth June 7,1811
Zodiac sign Gemini
Born Bathgate
United Kingdom
Date of died May 6,1870
DiedEdinburgh
United Kingdom
Place of burialWarriston Cemetery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Children Eve Blantyre Simpson
Job gynaecologist
Education University of Edinburgh Medical School
University of Edinburgh Queens Medical Research Institute
The University of Edinburgh
Known forchloroform
obstetric forceps
Parents David Simpson
Mary Jarvie
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Date of Upd.
ID439936

Archaeological Essays
Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1: Large Print
Anaesthetic Midwifery: Report on Its Early History and Progress
The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of James Y. Simpson
Side-lights on Siberia: Some Account of the Great Siberian Railroad, the Prisons and Exile System
The Cat- Stane, Edinburgshire: Is it Not the Tombstone of the Grandfather of Hengist and Horsa?
Anaesthesia, Hospitalism, Hermaphroditism, and a Proposal to Stamp Out Small-pox and Other Contagious Diseases
Selected Obstetrical & Gynaecological Works of Sir James Y. Simpson: Containing the Substance of His Lectures on Midwifery
The Self- discovery of Russia
Nature: Cosmic, Human and Divine
Acupressure: A New Method of Arresting Surgical Haemorrhage and of Accelerating the Healing of Wounds
The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of James Y. Simpson; V. 2
The Garment of the Living God: Studies in the Relations of Science and Religion
Homœopathy: Its Tenets and Tendencies, Theoretical, Theological, and Therapeutical
Henry Drummond
Archaic Sculpturings of Cups, Circles, &c. Upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, England, & Other Countries
Landmarks in the Struggle Between Science and Religion
Antiquarian Notices of Syphilis in Scotland in the the 15th & 16th Centuries
Hermaphroditism
The Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions of James Y. Simpson, Volume 2
Physicians and Physic: Three Addresses, I. on the Duties of Young Physicians; II. on the Prospects of Young Physicians; III. on the Modern Advancement of Physic
Archaeology: Its Past and Its Future Work : Being the Annual Address to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Given January 28, 1861
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Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, FRSE FRCPE FSA Scot, was a Scottish obstetrician and a significant figure in the history of medicine. He was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans and helped to popularise its use in medicine.

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