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Jun 07, 1811 Bathgate, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 06 May 1870 (aged 58)

British obstetrician

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About James Young Simpson

  • Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet, FRCPE (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 the drug's use in medicine.Simpson's intellectual interests ranged from archaeology to an almost taboo subject at the time: hermaphroditism.
  • He was an early advocate of the use of midwives in the hospital environment.
  • Many prominent women also consulted him for their gynaecological problems.
  • Simpson wrote Homœopathy, its Tenets and Tendencies refuting the ideas put forward by Hahnemann.Simpson was a close friend of Sir David Brewster, and was present at his deathbed.
  • His contribution to the understanding of the anaesthetic properties of chloroform had a major impact on surgery.

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