Show benefactor OF HUMAN RACE sir sip simpson was the first rl use chloroform Chlor Arm in r e surgical aksell the recent death of sir air alexander ai aexander simpson the famous doe doctor brings to mind the wonderful wondern I discovery ile of ills title sir james slimp son aon his predecessor us as prof protests ests of midwifery in the chair of edinburgh university sir sic jame aumea if not actually the discoverer of chloroform was rt at any rate the to introduce it itri 4 ebli ns ian into stir bacil practice tid this was waa in 1848 operations were ier foric for nield fl 4 amut the patient alle ai bein being g drugged with y and field strong men while alle the operation was waa performed no medical ever did more to alleviate h blidan u 4 frering str vares la Is generally given credit for the actual discovery of chloro ona bat it la is sta tedla in some works that it was discovered discoverer eI some years p previous re to his first experiments by on an doc guthrie ant and by a french physician named sou bedran in ih an any y case it was doctor who proved its great greatt value as aa a n anesthetic n and the room in which he M made de his first experiment still in edin edinburgh burgh I 1 thi the story goes that he tried the chloroform 6 on himself and two madl cal al friends fric ads they proved its efficacy by simultaneously falling beneath the table sir james had considerable i prejudices to overcome bafo aie cailor 0 form was adopted cen generally arul bety by the tu medical edical profession it t being bet U i denounced lt f t one time us ua daD dangerous gerotis to be health alth morals und imd religion rell gion |