Volume 1

Account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery / [Sir James Young Simpson].

  • Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery / [Sir James Young Simpson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of countenance. The tumour was extirpated, and a stitch inserted, without any pain having been either shown or felt. Her sensations, throughout, as she subsequently stated, had been of the most pleasing a lay figure. “No sickness, vomiting, headache, salivation, un- easiness of chest, in any of the cases. Onee or twice a tickling cough took place in the first breathings.” T have, up to this date, exhibited-the Chloroform occurred from its employment. EDINBURGH, 15th November 1847. FINIS. MURRAY AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. 3