⚜Scottish Inventions

Inventor Profile

James Young Simpson

1811–1870

Pioneer of surgical anaesthesia.

Lifetime

1811–1870

Birthplace

Bathgate

Field

Innovation

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Key Inventions

Anaesthesia / Chloroform
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Anaesthesia / Chloroform

James Young Simpson · 1847

Surgical anaesthesia using chloroform.