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| | James Young Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Sir James Young Simpson, (June 7, 1811 born in Bathgate, West Lothian, died May 6, 1870), professor of midwifery at the University of Edinburgh and physician to Queen Victoria, was a pioneer in Victorian medicine. |
 | | Simpson completed his final medical examination at the age of 18 but, as he was too young, had to wait two years before he got his licence to practice medicine. |
 | | On January 19, 1847 he was the first to apply a modern anaesthetic, ether, to alleviate the pain of labour. |
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