Simpson, Sir James Young

Simpson, Sir James Young
SUBJECT AREA: Medical technology
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b. 7 June 1811 Bathgate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland
d. 6 May 1870 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Scottish obstetrician, pioneer of the use of chloroform in labour.
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The seventh and youngest son of a baker, after entering Edinburgh University at the tender age of 14 he graduated in 1832 and when only 28 was appointed Professor of Midwifery at Edinburgh University. Following the introduction of ether as a general anaesthetic (see W.T.G.Morton) he was the first to use it in midwifery. Aware of its disadvantages, he experimented on himself, and on 4 November 1847 he discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform. However, there were both medical and religious objections to its use, until in 1853 it was administered to Queen Victoria at the birth of Prince Leopold.
Widely recognized as a great obstetrician, he also founded the modern practice of gynaecology, introducing new diagnostic methods and techniques of investigation. He was also an enthusiastic archaeologist.
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Principal Honours and Distinctions
Created Baronet 1866. Physician to the Queen in Scotland 1847.
Bibliography
1847, "Discovery of a new anaesthetic agent more efficient than sulphuric ether", Lancet. Obstetric Memoirs and Contributions, Edinburgh.
Further Reading
J.Duns, 1873, Memoir of J.Y.Simpson.
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