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- Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet (born June 7, 1811, Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scot.—died May 6, 1870, London) was a Scottish obstetrician who was the first to use chloroform in obstetrics and the first in Britain to use ether.
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.
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Dec 7, 2018 · Sir James Young Simpson was an elder at St Columba’s Free Church (formerly called Free St John’s) in Edinburgh and ran a free medical dispensary for the poor at Carrubbers’ Close Mission on the Royal Mile. Below is his own testimony, reproduced with the kind permission of the Sovereign Grace Union. ‘A SCIENTIST’S TESTIMONY.
Dec 7, 2018 · This is a transcription of a diary written by Robert Russell Simpson concerning the last weeks of the life of Sir James Young Simpson. JYS was the uncle of RRS. On the next page is a list of the family, showing the descendants to the third generation (i.e. down to the generation of RRS) of JYS’ father, David (1760-1830).
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sir james young simpson biography sir james young simpson family tree Sir James Young Simpson's memory lives on in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion in Edinburgh; a statue in the city's Princes Street Gardens; and a bust in Westminster Abbey, in London.
Born into a village baker's family in Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Simpson went up to Edinburgh University when he was 14, started studying medicine at the age of 16, and rose to become an eminent physician and obstetrician.
Born in Bathgate, West Lothian, James Young Simpson entered Edinburgh University aged 14 to study classics, changing to medicine in 1827. He qualified at 18 and studied obstetrics, gaining the MD in 1832.
Sir James Young Simpson. A white marble bust of physician Sir James Young Simpson is on the wall of St Andrew's chapel in Westminster Abbey (unfortunately rather obscured by a large monument in front of it). This is by the sculptor William Brodie, 1879.
