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2 unusual facts about James Young Simpson


James Simpson

James Young Simpson (1811–1870), Scottish doctor and pioneer in use of chloroform as anaesthetic

William Johnston Almon

He is noted for being among the first physicians in North America to employ chloroform as a surgical anesthetic, a procedure he first performed on 5 February 1848, within 90 days of the first-ever application of chloroform as an anesthetic by James Young Simpson in Edinburgh.



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