Sir James Young Simpson ( born James Young Simpson ; June 7, 1811 , Bathgate , May 6, 1870 , Edinburgh ) - Scottish obstetrician , gynecologist and surgeon , professor of obstetrics in Edinburgh , inventor of acupressure [1] , the second person who used anesthesia (in January 1847 ) first with ether and then with chloroform (in November 1847 ) during all kinds of operations. He developed a method for preventive rotation of the fetus (1850), improved some medical instruments ( obstetric forceps ). Member and president (since 1847) of Edinburgh College of Medicine , honorary member of many scientific societies in Europe and America. In Edinburgh, a complex with a hospital and a maternity hospital was created in his honor.
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| Date of Birth | June 7, 1811 |
| Place of Birth | Bathgate |
| Date of death | May 6, 1870 (58 years old) |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
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November 4, 1847 [2] , while checking the soporific effect of various gases, Simpson and his assistant accidentally breathed in chloroform. When, after some time, Simpson's assistant entered the laboratory, he found the professor and his assistant lying on the floor. The assistant called for help. Households and attendants immediately rushed to the laboratory, which was in the professor’s house. Everyone was terribly scared. But then, after a few minutes, Simpson woke up very happy. He discovered a new anesthetic!
Simpson conducted a series of experiments on himself, before he ventured to put chloroform into practice.
On November 15, 1847, he published in a university journal a report on the use of chloroform for anesthesia. And then a terrible scandal erupted. The church opposed Simpson. Simpson was declared atheist and cursed.
Simpson entered into a verbal squabble with the church. The tribune was provided by one Edinburgh newspaper.
Chloroform quickly began to displace ether, but in 1849, Diday and Petryakin, on the basis of numerous deaths observed in Lyon, recognized chloroform as a dangerous poison. [3]
His most important works: “Gynecological works”, “Essays of anaesthesia” and others [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Fitzharris L. Horrible medicine. How just one Victorian surgeon dramatically changed medicine and saved many lives . - Litres, 2018-12-04. - 375 p. - ISBN 9785041415150 .
- ↑ sobe_panek. Announcement. History of anesthesia . Marina Sobe-Panek (December 23, 2009). Date of treatment November 3, 2017.
- ↑ P. Yu. Stolyarenko History of anesthesia in dentistry (part 1)
- ↑ Simpson, James // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Announcement. History of anesthesia