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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 in humans and helped to popularize its use in medicine. [1] [2]
Jun 3, 2024 · 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.
Simpson was a Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh University, and searched for a safe alternative to ether that women could take during childbirth. He began to experiment with other chemicals and tested them on himself.
May 16, 2011 · The 200th anniversary of the birth of James Young Simpson is 7 June 2011. There will be three days of multidisciplinary symposia in Edinburgh to celebrate the bicentenary [ 1 ]. James Simpson was born as the eighth child of a poor baker in Bathgate, about 18 miles from Edinburgh.
Nov 12, 2020 · On November 12, 1847, Scottish obstetrician and important figure in the history of medicine Sir James Young Simpson published his self trial experiments with the new anesthetic chloroform. “All pain is per se and especially in excess, destructive and ultimately fatal in its nature and effects.”
Apr 2, 2020 · This year is the 150th anniversary of James Young Simpson's death in 1870. As well as being responsible for the introduction of general anaesthesia into obstetric practice, he made other important contributions to obstetrics and also to surgery as well as in the control of hospital infection.
Mar 20, 2017 · Many had undergone surgery or had given birth to children painlessly thanks to Simpson’s great discovery: chloroform. Not many students graduate with a medical degree at age 20, but James Simpson did.
