Show benefactor OF HUMAN RACE sir jame simpson was the first Ph chii II to use chloroform in surgical cases case the recent d drath AU of sir alex alexander do bimpson the fault famous edinburgh do doctor docter brings to cal mind ad the wonderful cid daft covery ol of hla his uncle sir james simp son BOD hla his predecessor as professor of midwifery in the chair of edinburgh ar not university v er sir james it if not nol actually dai the tha discoverer of chloroform on was at any rote rate the first to introduce its employment as an anesthetic into surgical I 1 practice this we was 1 in ISM previously provi 0 ally all 11 operations were ter er kormod without meet ratin the patient being dragged drug seil with and ana held down don by strong men while the operation was ras performed no medical discovery ever did more to alleviate human suffering buffering sir james 1 ia generally given give credit for fop TUB the actual di bibey Bey ery of cabon 1 ona bu but it 1 Is stated 1 in some me works its ts that it t waa discovered some years previous to his bis first experiments by am aa american doctor named guthrie anil and by a french physician named tou bearon in say any ceiaa it was doctor simpson simple who D proved dd d its in great grant value ns as an anesthetic and the room mom to la which he made his first experiment till rl exists I 1 in edinburgh 1 th the tory story goes that he tried ur thio c chloroform on himself and ad two in medical sit friends they proved its in y by simultaneously falling beneath tho the table sir james jame had considerable P prejudices ll 11 mile to overcome before chloroform f rm was adopted led generally by the medical prof profession slon it being tie denounced bounced at one tie time gain as dangerous to health ao morals role and ad religion |