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  1. Dec 7, 2018 · Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) was born at Bathgate, Linlithgowshire. Like most Scots children of his time he was brought up on the Bible and the Shorter Catechism. In 1840 he was elected to the Chair of Obstetric Medicine in Edinburgh University.

    • James Young Simpson – Early Years
    • Hygieny and Anesthesics
    • The Chloroform Experiment
    • Chloroform and Childbirth Pain
    • Later Years

    Simpson was born in Bathgate near Edinburg, West Lothian, Scotland, as the seventh son and eighth child of an impecunious baker. Simpson attended the University of Edinburgh from the age of only 14, graduating at the age of 18 but, as he was so young, had to wait two years before he got his license to practice medicine. In 1838 he designed the Air ...

    He improved the design of obstetric forceps that to this day are known in obstetric circles as “Simpson’s Forceps” and, like German physician Ignaz Semmelweis, fought against the contagion of puerperal sepsis. His most noted contribution should be the introduction of anaesthesia to childbirth. Simpson, unlike most medical men of his day, was quite ...

    In 1847, the same year he was appointed physician to Queen Victoria while she was visiting in Scotland, Simpson discovered the anesthetic properties of chloroform. Together with two of his friends, Drs Keith and Duncan, Simpson used to sit every evening in his dining room to try new chemicals to see if they had any anaesthetic effect. On 4 November...

    Simpson was the first to utilize chloroform as an anesthetic to ease the pain of childbirth. This practice was initially opposed by the Church because it tampered with the Divine Order. According to Genesis the pain of childbirth was the Lord’s punishment on womankind for Eve eating the apple from the tree of knowledge. The controversy surrounding ...

    Simpson has written many scientific papers on acupressure. This procedure has nothing to do with traditional Chinese medicine, but describes a method of preventing bleeding vessels by means of metal needles that are inserted under the vessel and then bent over like clamps. Simpson believed that he had found the cause of wound infections in the thre...

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  3. QUOTES FROM Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) BY H. LAING GORDON "Simpson's personality also impressed observers. Contemporaries described him as a man of immense physical energy, enthusiasm, and charm, mighty passions and strong beliefs. Some said that in conversation he had an almost hypnotic effect on both men and women.

  4. james_young_simpson.jpg. A lost diary which was discovered in a charity bookshop in Edinburgh is now part of the College Library. It describes the last days of one of the most famous physicians of the nineteenth century, Sir James Young Simpson. James Young Simpson was Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh for over 30 years, and President of the ...

  5. Oct 24, 2010 · You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine Author: Henry Laing Gordon Editor: Ernest Hart Release Date: October 24, 2010 [EBook #34128] Language: English Character ...

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