02363cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000360011224500780014826400510022630000470027733600260032433700260035033800360037650000310041250802020044352011710064553400450181665300360186165300150189765300160191270000370192885600430196599900170200834128UtSlPG20260610133758.0mcr n260607r2010||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aR1 aGordon, H. Laingq(Henry Laing)10aSir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) :bMasters of Medicine 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2010  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2010-10-24  aProduced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive/American Libraries.)  a"Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870)" by H. Laing Gordon is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the life and contributions of Sir James Young Simpson, particularly focusing on his groundbreaking work in anaesthesia and obstetrics. It explores his early years, education, and the social and intellectual environment that shaped him, setting the stage for his significant medical advancements.  The opening of the book details Simpson's birth and childhood in Bathgate, Scotland, highlighting the prevailing medical practices of the time, which were still shrouded in superstition and rudimentary understanding. It describes his family's background, including his father's profession as a baker and his mother's Huguenot descent, and outlines Simpson's early interests in nature and antiquities. The narrative emphasizes how his upbringing, marked by both challenges and encouragement from his family, laid a solid foundation for a curious mind driven by a thirst for knowledge, ultimately leading him toward a career that would revolutionize the practice of medicine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aSimpson, James Young, 1811-1870  aChloroform  aAnesthetics1 aHart, Ernest Abraham,d1835-189840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34128  c74974d74974