See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

YOUNG See also:

• SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
• SIR JAMES YOUNG SIMPSON (1811-1870)
• SIMPSON, THOMAS (1710-1761)

SIMPSON (1811-1870)  , Scottish physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BATHGATE

Bathgate, See also:

• LINLITHGOW
• LINLITHGOW, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 1ST MARQUESS

Linlithgow, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, on the 7th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1811 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was a See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

baker in that See also:

• TOWN

town, and See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James was the yeungest of a See also:

• FAMILY

family of seven . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen he entered the university of See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh as a student in the arts classes . Two years later he began his medical studies . At the age of nineteen he obtained the See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Surgeons, and two years afterwards took the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine . Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson (1765-1846), who then occupied the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology in the university, impressed with See also:

• SIMPSON, MATTHEW (1811-1884)
• SIMPSON, SIR JAMES YOUNG (1811-1870)
• SIMPSON, THOMAS (1710-1761)

Simpson's See also:

• GRADUATION (see also GRADUATE)

graduation thesis, " On See also:

• DEATH

Death from Inflammation," offered him his assistantship . The offer was accepted, and during the session 1537-1838 he acted as See also:

• INTERIM

interim lecturer on pathology during the illness of the See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor . The following See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter he delivered his first course of lectures on obstetric medicine in the extra-academical school . In See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1840 he was elected to the professorship of medicine and midwifery in the university . Towards the end of 1846 he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at an operation per-formed by See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• LISTON, JOHN (c. 1776-1846)
• LISTON, ROBERT (1794-1847)

Liston on a patient rendered unconscious by the inhalation of sulphuric See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether . The success of the proceeding was so marked that Simpson immediately began to use it in midwifery practice . He continued, however, to See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search for other substances having similar effects, and in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1847 he read a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on See also:

• CHLOROFORM (trichlor-methane), CHC13

chloroform to the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh, in which he fully detailed the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the use of anaesthetics from the earliest times, but especially dwelt upon the advantages of chloroform over ether .

He advocated its use, not only for the prevention of See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain in surgical operations, but also for the See also:

• RELIEF

relief of pain in obstetrical practice, and his uncompromising advocacy of its use in the latter class of cases gave rise to one of the angriest and most widespread controversies of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In 1847 he was appointed a physician to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen in Scotland . In 1859 he advocated the use of See also:

• ACUPRESSURE (from Lat. acus, a needle, and premere, to press)

acupressure in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of ligatures for arresting the bleeding of cut See also:

• ARTERIES (Gr. ap-rnpia, probably from a"spew, to raise, but popularly connected by the ancients with ai7P, air)

arteries, but of more importance were his improvements in the methods of gynaecological diagnosis and See also:

• OBSTETRICS

obstetrics . His contributions to the literature of his profession were very numerous, embracing Obstetric See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs and Contributions (2 vols.), See also:

• HOMOEOPATHY (from the Greek 6p:nos, like, and 7raOos, feeling)

Homoeopathy, Acupressure, Selected Obstetrical See also:

• WORKS

Works, See also:

• ANAESTHESIA

Anaesthesia and Hospitalism and Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of See also:

• WOMEN

Women . He also took an active See also:

• INTEREST

interest in See also:

• ARCHAEOLOGY (from Gr. &pxa1a, ancient things, and Xoyos, theory or science)

archaeology, and two volumes of his Archaeological Essays, edited by Dr J . See also:

• STUART, ARABELLA (1575-1615)
• STUART, GILBERT (1755-x828)
• STUART, JAMES EWELL BROWN (1833-1864)
• STUART, JOHN
• STUART, MOSES (1780-1852)
• STUART, SIR JOHN, COUNT

Stuart, were published at Edinburgh in 1873 . Simpson, who had been created a See also:

• BARONET

baronet in 1866, died in Edinburgh on the 6th of May 187o, and was accorded a public funeral; his statue in See also:

• BRONZE

bronze now stands in See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Princes See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street Gardens, Edinburgh . See John See also:

• DUNS

Duns, Memoir of J . Y . Simpson (1873) ; E . 13 . Simpson, See also:

• SIR

Sir James Simpson (1896) ; and H .

L . See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, Sir J . Y . Simpson and Chloroform (1897) .