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   May 2, 2024 · Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet was a Scottish obstetrician who was the first to use chloroform in obstetrics and the first in Britain to use ether. Simpson was professor of obstetrics at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained an M.D. in 1832. After news of the use of ether in surgery.

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   Did Samuel Guthrie make chloroform?

   • Samuel Guthrie, a U.S. physician from Sackets Harbor, New York, also appears to have produced chloroform in 1831 by reacting chlorinated lime with ethanol, and noted its anaesthetic properties; however, he also believed that he had prepared chloric ether. Justus von Liebig carried out the alkaline cleavage of chloral.

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   Does chloroform release HCl?

   • Chloroform converts slowly in the presence of UV light and air to the extremely poisonous gas, phosgene ( COCl2 ), releasing HCl in the process. To prevent accidents, commercial chloroform is stabilized with ethanol or amylene, but samples that have been recovered or dried no longer contain any stabilizer.

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   Why is chloroform a good solvent?

   • The hydrogen attached to carbon in chloroform participates in hydrogen bonding, making it a good solvent for many materials.

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   What is the most important reaction of chloroform in polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon)?

   • In terms of scale, the most important reaction of chloroform is with hydrogen fluoride to give monochlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), a precursor in the production of polytetrafluoroethylene ( Teflon) and other fluoropolymers: The reaction is conducted in the presence of a catalytic amount of mixed antimony halides.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ChloroformChloroform - Wikipedia

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   May 23, 2024 · In 1847, Scottish obstetrician James Y. Simpson was the first to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in humans, provided by local pharmacist William Flockhart of Duncan, Flockhart and company, and helped to popularize the drug for use in medicine. By the 1850s, chloroform was being produced on a commercial basis.

4. www.mcgill.ca › oss › articleAnesthesia a la Reine | Office for Science and Society ...

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   May 15, 2024 · Chloroform was first made by the French chemist Jean Baptiste Dumas by reacting acetic acid with chlorine, but its use as an anesthetic was pioneered by James Simpson, a Scottish physician. On the fourth of November, 1847, Simpson and his friends were in search of some entertainment and experimented with inhaling various substances without success.

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6. collections.countway.harvard.edu › onview › itemsSir James Young Simpson and two friends, insensible after ...

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   May 11, 2024 · Sir James Young Simpson and two friends, insensible after having tested chloroform on themselves. Simpson was the first physician to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans. Pen and ink drawing, artist unknown, c.1847.

7. www.scientificamerican.com › article › chloroformChloroform and its Discoverer | Scientific American

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   May 22, 2024 · Chloroform and its Discoverer. Northern and southern lights produced by a recent bout of severe space weather may rival the most intense auroras of the past 500 years. The most common test of ...

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9. obituaries.post-gazette.com › obituary › james-d-jimJAMES D. "JIM" SIMPSON | Obituary | Pittsburgh Post Gazette

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   May 15, 2024 · James D. "Jim" Simpson, age 82, of Upper St. Clair, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on May 15, 2024. Husband of 61 years to Sandra (Sandy). Father of Laura (William) Harrison and James D. Simpson, III, deceased. "Pap" to Dalton Harrison and Eliza Harrison.

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    4 days ago · Beginning in the 1840s, surgery began to change dramatically in character with the discovery of effective and practical anaesthetic chemicals such as ether, first used by the American surgeon Crawford Long, and chloroform, discovered by Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson and later pioneered by John Snow, physician to Queen Victoria.