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Biography Historical Article
Chloroform at Christmas. An early reference from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh.
- K B Thomas.
- Anaesthesia. 1975 Mar 1; 30 (2): 219-22.
AbstractJames Young Simpson first administered chloroform to one of his obstetric patients on 5 November 1847. The speed with which the discovery caught the popular imagination is illustrated by a comic scene in a pantomime which formed part of an entertainment in Edinburgh presented on 27 December in the same year.
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