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1843: Britain's leading obstetrician, James Young...
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1843
Britain's leading obstetrician, James Young Simpson
, adapted sound for use in uterine examinations.
Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
139
1847: Professor James Young Simpson first used...
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1847
Professor James Young Simpson
first used chloroform to aid a woman in childbirth in London.
Trager, James. The Women’s Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record, from Prehistory to the Present. Henry Holt, 1994.
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15 November 1847: Dr James Young Simpson of Edinburgh published...
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15 November 1847
Dr James Young Simpson
of Edinburgh published a pamphlet describing how he had proved in practice that chloroform was a successful anaesthetic for obstetrics; his pamphlet sold 1,500 copies within fourteen days.
Youngson, A. J. The Scientific Revolution in Victorian Medicine. Holmes and Meier, 1979.
