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Sir J. Y. Simpson and two friends, having tested chloroform on themselves, lying insensible on the floor around a table. Pen and ink drawing.
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Description
Simpson and his friends drank liquid chloroform in this experiment, rather than inhaling the vapour. The shattered drinking-glass used by one of the experimenters lies near him. Simpson described the experience to the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh in 1847
Probably made for Henry S. Wellcome's Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street
Physical description
1 drawing : pen and ink on Bristol board
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Bears number on verso: AN 28
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 545210i
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- English
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Location Status Access Closed stores