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James Young Simpson (great nephew) Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, FRSE FRCPE FSA Scot (7 June 1811 – 6 May 1870), 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.
- 1. Margaret Grindlay Simpson, 2. Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, 2nd Baronet, And 7 others
- 7 June 1811, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
- University of Edinburgh
- Use of chloroform as anaesthetic in childbirth, design of obstetric forceps
Apr 27, 2022 · Death: May 06, 1870 (58) 52 Queen Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Scotland. Immediate Family: Son of David Simpson and Mary Simpson. Husband of Lady Janet Jessie Simpson. Father of Margaret Grindlay Simpson; Dr. David James Simpson; Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, 2nd Baronet; Mary Catherine ...
- June 07, 1811
- Edinburgh, Scotland
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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).
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.
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Jul 23, 2017 · James Young Simpson was born on 7 June 1811 in Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. He was the eighth child and seventh son of farmers Mary Jervay and David Simpson. In addition to being a farmer, Simpson’s father was the village baker.
His services as an early founder of gynaecology and proponent of hospital reform were rewarded with a knighthood and by 1847 he had been appointed as physician to the Queen in Scotland. Birth in...
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