The Victorian City · event 4 of 7

1847

Simpson discovers chloroform. James Young Simpson and two colleagues test it on themselves at 52 Queen Street and wake up under the table. Obstetric anaesthesia follows.

The The Victorian City era

  1. 1828
  2. 1836
  3. 1846
  4. 1847
  5. 1861
  6. 1890
  7. 1920

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