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Show FIRST USE OF CHLOROFORM. i Prof. Simpson, the Discoverer, Administered Ad-ministered It to Child. Tho first child born under the Influence In-fluence of chloroform wns tho daughter daugh-ter of a doctor friend of Prof. S.lmp-son, S.lmp-son, who is credited with the discovery discov-ery of the drug, and sho was christened christen-ed Anaesthesia to celebrato tho clr-cumstancd3 clr-cumstancd3 of her birth, as the first child to be vaccinated 'In Russia was christened Vacclnoff. Tho beginning be-ginning of tho new era of chloroform was on a night In November, 1847, when thrco men sat around a supper table In an Edlnburg dining room with glasses .charged with chloroform! chloro-form! They wero Dr. Simpson himself, him-self, with Dr, Keith nnd Dr. Duucnn, and as they sat talking all three began be-gan to Inbnlo tho fumes from the glasses. Suddenly the talking ceased and thrco senseless men fell llko dead bodies on tho floor. For some minutes min-utes tho room was as still as a grave nnd then Dr, Simpson nwoko. "This Is good," bo said, us ho found Dr. Duncan snoring under tho table and Dr. Keith creeping on to his feot. Eleven days later tho first public trial of chloroform was mado at tho Kdln-burg Kdln-burg Infirmary. |