SIMPSON, James Young (1811-1870). Anaesthesia, or the employment of chloroform and ether in surgery, midwifery, etc., Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1849, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title thumb-soiled, with perforation affecting first word of title and de-accession stamp on title verso, accession no. rubber-stamped at head of dedication, occasional spotting). original brown ribbed cloth stamped in blind (spine crudely-repaired at head with loss of gilt lettering, and slightly rubbed at foot, corners also rubbed). [Norman 1946: "the first full exposition of the use of anaesthesia in childbirth and major surgery"; Osler 1366; Waller 8959]

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SIMPSON, James Young (1811-1870). Anaesthesia, or the employment of chloroform and ether in surgery, midwifery, etc., Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1849, 8°, FIRST EDITION (title thumb-soiled, with perforation affecting first word of title and de-accession stamp on title verso, accession no. rubber-stamped at head of dedication, occasional spotting). original brown ribbed cloth stamped in blind (spine crudely-repaired at head with loss of gilt lettering, and slightly rubbed at foot, corners also rubbed). [Norman 1946: "the first full exposition of the use of anaesthesia in childbirth and major surgery"; Osler 1366; Waller 8959]

Lot Essay

"Simpson, a leading obstetrician of his time and a member of the faculty at the University of Edinburgh, introduced the use of chloroform as an anaesthetic after experimenting with ether and finding it somewhat unsatisfactory. Within weeks of his demonstration in 1847 of the superiority of chloroform, it had almost universally displaced ether as a general anesthetic. This work, which was never published in book form in Great Britain, is a collection of his writings and speeches on his experiences in the use of chloroform and ether" [Heirs of Hippocrates]

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