1“Alas! alas! pain, pain, ever forever!”So groaned upon his rock that Titan goodWho by his brave and loving hardihoodWas to weak man of priceless boons the giver,Which e’en the supreme tyrant could not severFrom us, once given; we own him in our foodAnd in our blazing hearth’s beatitude;Yet still his cry was “Pain, ever forever!”Shall we a later, harder doom rehearse?One came whose art men’s dread of are repressed:Mangled and writhing limb he lulled to rest,And stingless left the old Semitic curse;Him, too, for these blest gifts did Zeus amerce?He, too, had vultures tearing at his breast.2Hush, Pagan plaints! our Titan is unbound;The cruel beak and talons scared away;As once upon his mother’s lap he laySo rests his head august on holy ground;Spells stronger than his own his pangs have found;He hears no clamour of polemic fray,Nor reeks he what unthankful men may say;Nothing can vex him in that peace profound.219And where his loving soul, his genius bold?In slumber? or already sent abroadOn angels’ wings and works, as some men hold?Or waiting Evolution’s change, unawed?All is a mystery, as Saint Paul has told,Saying, “Your life is hid with Christ in God.”
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“Alas! alas! pain, pain, ever forever!”So groaned upon his rock that Titan goodWho by his brave and loving hardihoodWas to weak man of priceless boons the giver,Which e’en the supreme tyrant could not severFrom us, once given; we own him in our foodAnd in our blazing hearth’s beatitude;Yet still his cry was “Pain, ever forever!”
“Alas! alas! pain, pain, ever forever!”
So groaned upon his rock that Titan good
Who by his brave and loving hardihood
Was to weak man of priceless boons the giver,
Which e’en the supreme tyrant could not sever
From us, once given; we own him in our food
And in our blazing hearth’s beatitude;
Yet still his cry was “Pain, ever forever!”
Shall we a later, harder doom rehearse?One came whose art men’s dread of are repressed:Mangled and writhing limb he lulled to rest,And stingless left the old Semitic curse;Him, too, for these blest gifts did Zeus amerce?He, too, had vultures tearing at his breast.
Shall we a later, harder doom rehearse?
One came whose art men’s dread of are repressed:
Mangled and writhing limb he lulled to rest,
And stingless left the old Semitic curse;
Him, too, for these blest gifts did Zeus amerce?
He, too, had vultures tearing at his breast.
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Hush, Pagan plaints! our Titan is unbound;The cruel beak and talons scared away;As once upon his mother’s lap he laySo rests his head august on holy ground;Spells stronger than his own his pangs have found;He hears no clamour of polemic fray,Nor reeks he what unthankful men may say;Nothing can vex him in that peace profound.
Hush, Pagan plaints! our Titan is unbound;
The cruel beak and talons scared away;
As once upon his mother’s lap he lay
So rests his head august on holy ground;
Spells stronger than his own his pangs have found;
He hears no clamour of polemic fray,
Nor reeks he what unthankful men may say;
Nothing can vex him in that peace profound.
219And where his loving soul, his genius bold?In slumber? or already sent abroadOn angels’ wings and works, as some men hold?Or waiting Evolution’s change, unawed?All is a mystery, as Saint Paul has told,Saying, “Your life is hid with Christ in God.”
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And where his loving soul, his genius bold?
In slumber? or already sent abroad
On angels’ wings and works, as some men hold?
Or waiting Evolution’s change, unawed?
All is a mystery, as Saint Paul has told,
Saying, “Your life is hid with Christ in God.”
In a peaceful corner of the St. Andrew Chapel in Westminster Abbey, alongside memorials of Sir Humphry Davy and a few other scientists of note, stands a speaking image in marble—perhaps the most expressive representation that exists—of this wonderful man,
“To whose genius and benevolenceThe world owes the blessings derivedFrom the use of chloroform forThe relief of suffering.Laus Deo.”
“To whose genius and benevolenceThe world owes the blessings derivedFrom the use of chloroform forThe relief of suffering.Laus Deo.”
“To whose genius and benevolence
The world owes the blessings derived
From the use of chloroform for
The relief of suffering.
Laus Deo.”
Mr. Jonathan Hutchinson, when writing to the medical journals in support of the proposal to secure Simpson’s burial in Westminster Abbey, foretold that his reputation would ripen with years, that jealousies would be forgotten, and antagonism would be buried. Twenty-seven years have elapsed since then, and few remain with whom he came in conflict; those who do remain exchanged, along with others of his opponents, friendly words of reconciliation in the end, and took the hand which he held out from his deathbed. As a man, Simpson had his faults; but they were exaggerated in his lifetime by some, just as his capabilities and achievements were magnified by220those who worshipped him as inspired. He was full of sympathy for mankind, benevolent and honest to a fault, and forbearing to his enemies. He rushed eagerly into the combat and oftentimes wounded sorely, and perhaps unnecessarily. His genius was essentially a reforming genius, and impelled him to fight for his ends, for genius is always the “master of man.” We can forgive him if sometimes it caused him to fight too vigorously, where the heart of a man of mere talent might have failed and lost. His social charms were excelled only by his marvellous energy, his prodigious memory, and his keenness of insight; but he was regrettably inattentive to the details of ordinary everyday life and practice.
He approached the study of medicine when the darkness of the Middle Ages was still upon it, and was one of the first to point out that although many diseases appeared incurable, they were nevertheless preventable. Although no brilliant operator himself, he so transformed the surgical theatre by his revelation of the power of chloroform, and by his powerful advocacy of the use of anæsthetics, that pain was shut out and vast scientific possibilities opened up; many of which have been brilliantly realised by subsequent workers. He devoted himself specially to the despised obstetric art, fighting for what he recognised as the most lowly and neglected branch of his profession, ranging his powerful forces on the side of the weak, and left it the most nearly perfect of medical sciences.
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He was enthusiastic in his belief in progress, and in the power of steady, honest work to effect great ends. With the exception of the time of that temporary burst into revivalism in 1861, his motto throughout life might very well have beenlaborare est orare. He was no believer in speculations, but curiously enough kept for recreation only the subject of archæology, in which he entered into many intricate speculative studies. In his professional work he avoided speculation, and never adopted a theory which was not built upon firm fact.
If we are asked for what we are most to honour Simpson, we answer, not so much for the discoveries he made, not for the instruments he invented, not for his exposure of numerous evils, not for the introduction of reforms, not for any particular contribution to science, literature, or archæology; but rather for the inspiring life of the man looked at both in outline and in detail. He was guided by high ideals, and a joyous unhesitating belief that all good things were possible—that right must prevail. He was stimulated by a genius which, as has been pointed out, gave him the energy to fight for his ends with herculean strength. The fact that chloroform was by his efforts alone accepted astheanæsthetic, and ether, which from the first was generally thought to be safer in ordinary hands, was deliberately put on one side practically all over the world, testified to his forcible and convincing method, and to his power of222making others see as he saw. As a man of science alone, as a philanthropist alone, as a worker alone, as a reformer alone, he was great. But although to the popular mind he is known chiefly because of his introduction of chloroform, medical history will record him as greater because of his reforming genius, and will point to the fight for anæsthesia, and his crusade against hospitalism as the best of all that he accomplished or initiated. And he who, while making allowances for the weaknesses of human nature which were Simpson’s, studies the life which was brought all too soon to a close, will recognise the great spirit which breathed through all his life.
THE END.
223APPENDIX
The following is a list of Sir James Simpson’s contributions toArchæology. His professional writings, in the form of contributions to the medical journals, or of papers read to various societies or meetings, number close upon two hundred.
1. “Antiquarian Notices of Leprosy and Leper Hospitals in Scotland and England.” (Three papers read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society, March 3, 1841.)Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, October, 1841, and January and April, 1842.2. “Notice of Roman Practitioner’s Medicine Stamp found near Tranent.” Royal Society of Edinburgh; Dec. 16, 1850.3. “Ancient Roman Medical Stamps.”Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science, Jan., March, April, 1851.4. “Was the Roman Army provided with any Medical Officers?” Edinburgh, 1851, private circulation.5. “Notes on some Ancient Greek Medical Vases for containing Lykion; and on the modern use of the same in India.” Edinburgh, 1856.2246. “Notice of the appearance of Syphilis in Scotland in the last years of the fifteenth century.” 1860.7. “Note on a Pictish Inscription in the Churchyard of St. Vigeans.” Royal Society, April 6, 1863.8. “Notes on some Scottish Magical Charm-Stones or Curing Stones.”Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland, vol iv., 1868.9. “An Account of two Barrows at Spottiswoode, Berwickshire, opened by the Lady John Scott.”Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland, vol iv., 1868.10. “Did John de Vigo describe Acupressure in the Sixteenth Century?”British Medical Journal, Aug. 24, 1867;Medical Times and Gazette, 1867, vol. ii., p. 187.11. “Account of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves in Fife.” 1867.12. “Notices of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves.”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1867.13. “Cup-cuttings and Ring-cuttings on the Calder Stones, near Liverpool.” 1866.Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.14. “Archæology—its past and its future work.” Annual Address to the Society of Antiquarians of Scotland, January 28, 1861.15. “The Cat Stane, Edinburghshire.”Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland, 1861.16. “Archaic Sculpturings of Cups, Circles, &c., upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, England, and other countries.” 1867.17. “Is the Pyramid at Gizeh a Meteorological Monument?”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1868.18. “Pyramidal Structures in Egypt and elsewhere.”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1868.19. “Cell at Inchcolm.”
1. “Antiquarian Notices of Leprosy and Leper Hospitals in Scotland and England.” (Three papers read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society, March 3, 1841.)Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, October, 1841, and January and April, 1842.
2. “Notice of Roman Practitioner’s Medicine Stamp found near Tranent.” Royal Society of Edinburgh; Dec. 16, 1850.
3. “Ancient Roman Medical Stamps.”Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science, Jan., March, April, 1851.
4. “Was the Roman Army provided with any Medical Officers?” Edinburgh, 1851, private circulation.
5. “Notes on some Ancient Greek Medical Vases for containing Lykion; and on the modern use of the same in India.” Edinburgh, 1856.
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6. “Notice of the appearance of Syphilis in Scotland in the last years of the fifteenth century.” 1860.
7. “Note on a Pictish Inscription in the Churchyard of St. Vigeans.” Royal Society, April 6, 1863.
8. “Notes on some Scottish Magical Charm-Stones or Curing Stones.”Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland, vol iv., 1868.
9. “An Account of two Barrows at Spottiswoode, Berwickshire, opened by the Lady John Scott.”Proceedings of Antiquarian Society of Scotland, vol iv., 1868.
10. “Did John de Vigo describe Acupressure in the Sixteenth Century?”British Medical Journal, Aug. 24, 1867;Medical Times and Gazette, 1867, vol. ii., p. 187.
11. “Account of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves in Fife.” 1867.
12. “Notices of some Ancient Sculptures on the Walls of Caves.”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1867.
13. “Cup-cuttings and Ring-cuttings on the Calder Stones, near Liverpool.” 1866.Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire.
14. “Archæology—its past and its future work.” Annual Address to the Society of Antiquarians of Scotland, January 28, 1861.
15. “The Cat Stane, Edinburghshire.”Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland, 1861.
16. “Archaic Sculpturings of Cups, Circles, &c., upon Stones and Rocks in Scotland, England, and other countries.” 1867.
17. “Is the Pyramid at Gizeh a Meteorological Monument?”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1868.
18. “Pyramidal Structures in Egypt and elsewhere.”Proceedings of the Royal Society; Edinburgh, 1868.
19. “Cell at Inchcolm.”
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The above list is founded on that given by Professor Gusscrow in his “Zur Erinnerung an Sir James Y. Simpson.” Berlin, 1871.
Onpost mortemexamination the following observations on Sir James Simpson’s head were made:—
The convolutions of the cerebrum were remarkable for their number, depth, and intricate foldings. This was noticed more particularly in the anterior lobes and the islands of Reil.
Extract fromBritish Medical Journal, May 14, 1870.
227INDEX
AAcademy of Sciences (France),194Acupressure,173Adam Street, Simpson’s lodgings in,20,30Addresses, Graduation,74-77,200Alcohol as an anæsthetic,93Alison, Professor,56,59,73,148America, United States of, and anæsthesia,83,96,199Anæsthesia,88,178opposition to:(1) medical,113(2) moral,120(3) religious,123.Discovery of,88results of,130Antiquarians, Scots Society of,8,71,156Appendix,223Archæological works, Simpson’s,223Archæology,4,8,152,223Argyle, Duke of,217Arts, curriculum of,14,19,20Aytoun,27BBaden, Princess Marie of,69Ballingall, Professor,60Baronetcy, Simpson’s,190Bathgate,4,7,8,34,142Bell, Sir Charles,60,61Bennet,42Bigelow, Dr., of Boston,198,214Blantyre, Lord,80Boerhaave,134Boston, U.S.A.,97,98,199Braid, Dr.,95Brewster, Sir David,27,192228British Medical Association,188British Medical Journal,176,177,188,225Bruce, Robert,72Brunton, Dr. Lauder,148Burke and Hare,23Bursary won by Simpson,20CCarstares, William,192Catstane, the, of Kirkliston,8,155Chalmers, Dr.,27,125Cheselden,122Cheyne, Mr. Watson,184Children, Simpson’s,85,207Chirurgeons, incorporation of,58Chloric ether,99Chloroform,215,221,219discovery of,105composition described by Dumas,106Flouren’s experiments,106discovery of properties,106used in obstetrics,108Simpson’s opinion of,111administration, teaching of,130Christison, Professor,56,59,84,148,188,195Clark, Sir James,129Clover,130Cockburn, Lord,23,27College of Physicians, Edinburgh,53,58,189Cooley, Mr.,97Cooper, Bransby,123Crest, Simpson’s,192Cullen,2,27,41DDavy, Sir Humphry,95,96,219Dawson, Dr.,69De Quincey,127,128Disruption, the,85Doctor of Medicine, degree of,38Dumas,106Dunbar, Professor,18Duncan, Dr. Matthews,105Duns, Dr.,34,162,196,207Du Potet,94EEdinburgh,17,27,197Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal,52,72Education, Simpson on,199Elliotson, Dr. John,94,95Encyclopædia Britannica,198Erskine House, Simpson’s visit to,80229Esdaile, Dr.,95Ether,99,104,112Evangelical work, Simpson’s,209Extra-mural Medical School, Edinburgh,26,31FFaraday,96Fohman, Professor,45Forbes, Edward,41Foreign tour, Simpson’s,43-46Free Church,85Freedom of Edinburgh city,197Funeral, Simpson’s,216GGairdner, Dr.,37Girdwood, Dr.,37Gladstone, Mr.,215Goodsir, Professor,42Graduation addresses,74-77,200Graham, Professor R.,59,148Grant, Sir Alexander,195Gregory, Dr.,32,33Grindlay, Miss Jessie,46,55,57Grindlay, Mr.,46,61,68Gusserow, Professor,113,170,225Gynæcological Society of Boston,199Gynæcology,86HHahnemann,147Hamilton, Duchess of,69Hamilton, Professor James,32,40,56,59,69,163,169Hamilton, Sir William,27Health, Simpson’s,210Henderson, Professor,148Home, Professor James,59Homœopathy,74,147Hope, Thomas,56,59Hospitalism,177-184Hospitality, Simpson’s,81-83Hotels, the Edinburgh, and Simpson,163Houghton, Lord,213Hutchinson, Mr. Jonathan,219Hypnotism,94,149IImperial Academy of Medicine (France),189Indian hemp,92Infirmary, Royal, of Edinburgh,31,109,177,178,187230JJackson, Dr., of Boston, U.S.A.,96James VI.,192Jameson, Professor R.,59Jeffery, Lord,27Jenner,119,145KKeiller, Dr.,30Keith, Dr. George,105Kennedy, Dr. Evory,61,63Knox, Robert,23,24,25,26,28LLancet, the,95,169,191,218Laughing-gas,videnitrous oxideLaycock, Professor,186Leighton, Archbishop,193Leprosy and leper-houses,70Lippi,45Lister, Lord,176,179,184,188Liston, Professor,26,31,91,95,104,151Lizars, John,26London, Simpson’s journeys to,80,187,213Long, Dr., of Athens, U.S.A.,96Lycium, the, of the Muses,154MMacArthur, Mr.,20,21,22,26,39Macintosh, Dr.,55Maclagan, Sir Douglas,43Maclaren, Mr. Duncan,61Maga, the university,41Mandrake,93Master of Arts, the degree of,19Medical faculty, the,57,59,60,187Medical Reform Act, the,187Medical student, the Edinburgh,33Medical Times and Gazette, the,184Medicine, condition of, at Simpson’s birth,1-3Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Edinburgh,189Meigs, Professor,117Melbourne, Lord,28,73Mesmerism,94,149Midwifery,3,32,39,40,53,86,104Midwifery Chair,55-65,188,215231Midwifery class, Simpson’s,67Miller, Professor,106,109,186Moncrieff, Lord,27Monro (Primus),57Monro (Secundus),56Monro (Tertius),23,59Montgomery, Dr.,140Monthyon Prize, the,190Morton, W. T. G.,97,98,129,132,198NNapier, Lord, of Magdala,197Nepenthe,93Newhaven,143,196Nitrous oxide gas,97North, Christopher,18Nunn, Mr.,123OOineromathic, the Society,42Oxford, D.C.L., degree of,192,212PParé, Ambroise,90Pathology,39,53,55,73,74Petroleum,84Physician-Accoucheur to the Queen, Simpson appointed,86Pillans, Professor,18Post mortem,225Practitioner, the,184Principalship, the, of Edinburgh University,192“Prometheus,”218“Puck,”138QQueen Street, No. 52,78,81,105,137Queen, the,17,86,129,190RReform, medical,187Reform, university,187Regents, the, of Edinburgh University,192Reid, Professor John,18,20,21,22,25,26,39,41,42,55,207Religious views, Simpson’s,203Rinderpest, epidemic of,185Rollock, the Regent,192Roman army, the,156Royal Medical Society,41,52,53232Royal Physical Society,41Russell, Lord John,27,190SScots Observer, the,82Scotsman, the,61,142Scott, Sir Walter,27,124Senatus Academicus, the, of Edinburgh University,29,186,194.Simpson, Alexander,10,37,40,61,205,215Simpson, David,5Simpson, David (secundus),37Simpson, David (tertius),191,210Simpson, Lady,191,216,217Simpson, Mary,10Simpson, Miss E. B.,138,202,214Simpson, Mrs.,5,6,204Simpson, Professor A. R.,51,86,164,219Smallpox,184Snow, Dr.,130Snowball riot, the,42Sound, the,168Squabbles, Simpson’s,78Stafford House, Simpson’s visit to,80St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,151Stevenson, R. L.,80Storer, Dr.,217Student, the Edinburgh medical,33Superstitions,4,5,12Surgery at Simpson’s birth,3before anæsthesia,88-91after anæsthesia,131Sutherland, the Duchess of,80,86Syme, Professor,26,31,60,61,73,114,175,130,140,148,151,186TThatcher, Dr.,37,63Thesis, Simpson’s, for M.D. degree,39Thomson, Professor,39,60,72Town council of Edinburgh, the,28,58,60,63,65,73,188,192Traill, Professor,60UUniversities (Scots) Act,188,193University of Edinburgh,14,18,26,28,31,130233VVerses, Simpson’s,33,202Viewbank,143,211WWaldie, Mr.,105Wallace, Professor,18Warren, Dr. J. Collins,102Warriston cemetery,216Weavers, the, of Bathgate,8,9Wells, Horace,97,132,198Wesley, John,71Westminster Abbey,215,219Williams, Dr., of York,213Wilson, George,42Wilson, Professor John,18,27Women, medical,188Wound-healing,176YYork, Simpson’s visit to,213Young, Professor Thomas,59
A
Academy of Sciences (France),194Acupressure,173Adam Street, Simpson’s lodgings in,20,30Addresses, Graduation,74-77,200Alcohol as an anæsthetic,93Alison, Professor,56,59,73,148America, United States of, and anæsthesia,83,96,199Anæsthesia,88,178opposition to:(1) medical,113(2) moral,120(3) religious,123.Discovery of,88results of,130Antiquarians, Scots Society of,8,71,156Appendix,223Archæological works, Simpson’s,223Archæology,4,8,152,223Argyle, Duke of,217Arts, curriculum of,14,19,20Aytoun,27
Academy of Sciences (France),194
Acupressure,173
Adam Street, Simpson’s lodgings in,20,30
Addresses, Graduation,74-77,200
Alcohol as an anæsthetic,93
Alison, Professor,56,59,73,148
America, United States of, and anæsthesia,83,96,199
Anæsthesia,88,178
opposition to:
(1) medical,113
(2) moral,120
(3) religious,123.
Discovery of,88
results of,130
Antiquarians, Scots Society of,8,71,156
Appendix,223
Archæological works, Simpson’s,223
Archæology,4,8,152,223
Argyle, Duke of,217
Arts, curriculum of,14,19,20
Aytoun,27
B
Baden, Princess Marie of,69Ballingall, Professor,60Baronetcy, Simpson’s,190Bathgate,4,7,8,34,142Bell, Sir Charles,60,61Bennet,42Bigelow, Dr., of Boston,198,214Blantyre, Lord,80Boerhaave,134Boston, U.S.A.,97,98,199Braid, Dr.,95Brewster, Sir David,27,192228British Medical Association,188British Medical Journal,176,177,188,225Bruce, Robert,72Brunton, Dr. Lauder,148Burke and Hare,23Bursary won by Simpson,20
Baden, Princess Marie of,69
Ballingall, Professor,60
Baronetcy, Simpson’s,190
Bathgate,4,7,8,34,142
Bell, Sir Charles,60,61
Bennet,42
Bigelow, Dr., of Boston,198,214
Blantyre, Lord,80
Boerhaave,134
Boston, U.S.A.,97,98,199
Braid, Dr.,95
Brewster, Sir David,27,192
228
British Medical Association,188
British Medical Journal,176,177,188,225
Bruce, Robert,72
Brunton, Dr. Lauder,148
Burke and Hare,23
Bursary won by Simpson,20
C
Carstares, William,192Catstane, the, of Kirkliston,8,155Chalmers, Dr.,27,125Cheselden,122Cheyne, Mr. Watson,184Children, Simpson’s,85,207Chirurgeons, incorporation of,58Chloric ether,99Chloroform,215,221,219discovery of,105composition described by Dumas,106Flouren’s experiments,106discovery of properties,106used in obstetrics,108Simpson’s opinion of,111administration, teaching of,130Christison, Professor,56,59,84,148,188,195Clark, Sir James,129Clover,130Cockburn, Lord,23,27College of Physicians, Edinburgh,53,58,189Cooley, Mr.,97Cooper, Bransby,123Crest, Simpson’s,192Cullen,2,27,41
Carstares, William,192
Catstane, the, of Kirkliston,8,155
Chalmers, Dr.,27,125
Cheselden,122
Cheyne, Mr. Watson,184
Children, Simpson’s,85,207
Chirurgeons, incorporation of,58
Chloric ether,99
Chloroform,215,221,219
discovery of,105
composition described by Dumas,106
Flouren’s experiments,106
discovery of properties,106
used in obstetrics,108
Simpson’s opinion of,111
administration, teaching of,130
Christison, Professor,56,59,84,148,188,195
Clark, Sir James,129
Clover,130
Cockburn, Lord,23,27
College of Physicians, Edinburgh,53,58,189
Cooley, Mr.,97
Cooper, Bransby,123
Crest, Simpson’s,192
Cullen,2,27,41
D
Davy, Sir Humphry,95,96,219Dawson, Dr.,69De Quincey,127,128Disruption, the,85Doctor of Medicine, degree of,38Dumas,106Dunbar, Professor,18Duncan, Dr. Matthews,105Duns, Dr.,34,162,196,207Du Potet,94
Davy, Sir Humphry,95,96,219
Dawson, Dr.,69
De Quincey,127,128
Disruption, the,85
Doctor of Medicine, degree of,38
Dumas,106
Dunbar, Professor,18
Duncan, Dr. Matthews,105
Duns, Dr.,34,162,196,207
Du Potet,94
E
Edinburgh,17,27,197Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal,52,72Education, Simpson on,199Elliotson, Dr. John,94,95Encyclopædia Britannica,198Erskine House, Simpson’s visit to,80229Esdaile, Dr.,95Ether,99,104,112Evangelical work, Simpson’s,209Extra-mural Medical School, Edinburgh,26,31
Edinburgh,17,27,197
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal,52,72
Education, Simpson on,199
Elliotson, Dr. John,94,95
Encyclopædia Britannica,198
Erskine House, Simpson’s visit to,80
229
Esdaile, Dr.,95
Ether,99,104,112
Evangelical work, Simpson’s,209
Extra-mural Medical School, Edinburgh,26,31
F
Faraday,96Fohman, Professor,45Forbes, Edward,41Foreign tour, Simpson’s,43-46Free Church,85Freedom of Edinburgh city,197Funeral, Simpson’s,216
Faraday,96
Fohman, Professor,45
Forbes, Edward,41
Foreign tour, Simpson’s,43-46
Free Church,85
Freedom of Edinburgh city,197
Funeral, Simpson’s,216
G
Gairdner, Dr.,37Girdwood, Dr.,37Gladstone, Mr.,215Goodsir, Professor,42Graduation addresses,74-77,200Graham, Professor R.,59,148Grant, Sir Alexander,195Gregory, Dr.,32,33Grindlay, Miss Jessie,46,55,57Grindlay, Mr.,46,61,68Gusserow, Professor,113,170,225Gynæcological Society of Boston,199Gynæcology,86
Gairdner, Dr.,37
Girdwood, Dr.,37
Gladstone, Mr.,215
Goodsir, Professor,42
Graduation addresses,74-77,200
Graham, Professor R.,59,148
Grant, Sir Alexander,195
Gregory, Dr.,32,33
Grindlay, Miss Jessie,46,55,57
Grindlay, Mr.,46,61,68
Gusserow, Professor,113,170,225
Gynæcological Society of Boston,199
Gynæcology,86
H
Hahnemann,147Hamilton, Duchess of,69Hamilton, Professor James,32,40,56,59,69,163,169Hamilton, Sir William,27Health, Simpson’s,210Henderson, Professor,148Home, Professor James,59Homœopathy,74,147Hope, Thomas,56,59Hospitalism,177-184Hospitality, Simpson’s,81-83Hotels, the Edinburgh, and Simpson,163Houghton, Lord,213Hutchinson, Mr. Jonathan,219Hypnotism,94,149
Hahnemann,147
Hamilton, Duchess of,69
Hamilton, Professor James,32,40,56,59,69,163,169
Hamilton, Sir William,27
Health, Simpson’s,210
Henderson, Professor,148
Home, Professor James,59
Homœopathy,74,147
Hope, Thomas,56,59
Hospitalism,177-184
Hospitality, Simpson’s,81-83
Hotels, the Edinburgh, and Simpson,163
Houghton, Lord,213
Hutchinson, Mr. Jonathan,219
Hypnotism,94,149
I
Imperial Academy of Medicine (France),189Indian hemp,92Infirmary, Royal, of Edinburgh,31,109,177,178,187
Imperial Academy of Medicine (France),189
Indian hemp,92
Infirmary, Royal, of Edinburgh,31,109,177,178,187
230J
230
Jackson, Dr., of Boston, U.S.A.,96James VI.,192Jameson, Professor R.,59Jeffery, Lord,27Jenner,119,145
Jackson, Dr., of Boston, U.S.A.,96
James VI.,192
Jameson, Professor R.,59
Jeffery, Lord,27
Jenner,119,145
K
Keiller, Dr.,30Keith, Dr. George,105Kennedy, Dr. Evory,61,63Knox, Robert,23,24,25,26,28
Keiller, Dr.,30
Keith, Dr. George,105
Kennedy, Dr. Evory,61,63
Knox, Robert,23,24,25,26,28
L
Lancet, the,95,169,191,218Laughing-gas,videnitrous oxideLaycock, Professor,186Leighton, Archbishop,193Leprosy and leper-houses,70Lippi,45Lister, Lord,176,179,184,188Liston, Professor,26,31,91,95,104,151Lizars, John,26London, Simpson’s journeys to,80,187,213Long, Dr., of Athens, U.S.A.,96Lycium, the, of the Muses,154
Lancet, the,95,169,191,218
Laughing-gas,videnitrous oxide
Laycock, Professor,186
Leighton, Archbishop,193
Leprosy and leper-houses,70
Lippi,45
Lister, Lord,176,179,184,188
Liston, Professor,26,31,91,95,104,151
Lizars, John,26
London, Simpson’s journeys to,80,187,213
Long, Dr., of Athens, U.S.A.,96
Lycium, the, of the Muses,154
M
MacArthur, Mr.,20,21,22,26,39Macintosh, Dr.,55Maclagan, Sir Douglas,43Maclaren, Mr. Duncan,61Maga, the university,41Mandrake,93Master of Arts, the degree of,19Medical faculty, the,57,59,60,187Medical Reform Act, the,187Medical student, the Edinburgh,33Medical Times and Gazette, the,184Medicine, condition of, at Simpson’s birth,1-3Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Edinburgh,189Meigs, Professor,117Melbourne, Lord,28,73Mesmerism,94,149Midwifery,3,32,39,40,53,86,104Midwifery Chair,55-65,188,215231Midwifery class, Simpson’s,67Miller, Professor,106,109,186Moncrieff, Lord,27Monro (Primus),57Monro (Secundus),56Monro (Tertius),23,59Montgomery, Dr.,140Monthyon Prize, the,190Morton, W. T. G.,97,98,129,132,198
MacArthur, Mr.,20,21,22,26,39
Macintosh, Dr.,55
Maclagan, Sir Douglas,43
Maclaren, Mr. Duncan,61
Maga, the university,41
Mandrake,93
Master of Arts, the degree of,19
Medical faculty, the,57,59,60,187
Medical Reform Act, the,187
Medical student, the Edinburgh,33
Medical Times and Gazette, the,184
Medicine, condition of, at Simpson’s birth,1-3
Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Edinburgh,189
Meigs, Professor,117
Melbourne, Lord,28,73
Mesmerism,94,149
Midwifery,3,32,39,40,53,86,104
Midwifery Chair,55-65,188,215
231
Midwifery class, Simpson’s,67
Miller, Professor,106,109,186
Moncrieff, Lord,27
Monro (Primus),57
Monro (Secundus),56
Monro (Tertius),23,59
Montgomery, Dr.,140
Monthyon Prize, the,190
Morton, W. T. G.,97,98,129,132,198
N
Napier, Lord, of Magdala,197Nepenthe,93Newhaven,143,196Nitrous oxide gas,97North, Christopher,18Nunn, Mr.,123
Napier, Lord, of Magdala,197
Nepenthe,93
Newhaven,143,196
Nitrous oxide gas,97
North, Christopher,18
Nunn, Mr.,123
O
Oineromathic, the Society,42Oxford, D.C.L., degree of,192,212
Oineromathic, the Society,42
Oxford, D.C.L., degree of,192,212
P
Paré, Ambroise,90Pathology,39,53,55,73,74Petroleum,84Physician-Accoucheur to the Queen, Simpson appointed,86Pillans, Professor,18Post mortem,225Practitioner, the,184Principalship, the, of Edinburgh University,192“Prometheus,”218“Puck,”138
Paré, Ambroise,90
Pathology,39,53,55,73,74
Petroleum,84
Physician-Accoucheur to the Queen, Simpson appointed,86
Pillans, Professor,18
Post mortem,225
Practitioner, the,184
Principalship, the, of Edinburgh University,192
“Prometheus,”218
“Puck,”138
Q
Queen Street, No. 52,78,81,105,137Queen, the,17,86,129,190
Queen Street, No. 52,78,81,105,137
Queen, the,17,86,129,190
R
Reform, medical,187Reform, university,187Regents, the, of Edinburgh University,192Reid, Professor John,18,20,21,22,25,26,39,41,42,55,207Religious views, Simpson’s,203Rinderpest, epidemic of,185Rollock, the Regent,192Roman army, the,156Royal Medical Society,41,52,53232Royal Physical Society,41Russell, Lord John,27,190
Reform, medical,187
Reform, university,187
Regents, the, of Edinburgh University,192
Reid, Professor John,18,20,21,22,25,26,39,41,42,55,207
Religious views, Simpson’s,203
Rinderpest, epidemic of,185
Rollock, the Regent,192
Roman army, the,156
Royal Medical Society,41,52,53
232
Royal Physical Society,41
Russell, Lord John,27,190
S
Scots Observer, the,82Scotsman, the,61,142Scott, Sir Walter,27,124Senatus Academicus, the, of Edinburgh University,29,186,194.Simpson, Alexander,10,37,40,61,205,215Simpson, David,5Simpson, David (secundus),37Simpson, David (tertius),191,210Simpson, Lady,191,216,217Simpson, Mary,10Simpson, Miss E. B.,138,202,214Simpson, Mrs.,5,6,204Simpson, Professor A. R.,51,86,164,219Smallpox,184Snow, Dr.,130Snowball riot, the,42Sound, the,168Squabbles, Simpson’s,78Stafford House, Simpson’s visit to,80St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,151Stevenson, R. L.,80Storer, Dr.,217Student, the Edinburgh medical,33Superstitions,4,5,12Surgery at Simpson’s birth,3before anæsthesia,88-91after anæsthesia,131Sutherland, the Duchess of,80,86Syme, Professor,26,31,60,61,73,114,175,130,140,148,151,186
Scots Observer, the,82
Scotsman, the,61,142
Scott, Sir Walter,27,124
Senatus Academicus, the, of Edinburgh University,29,186,194.
Simpson, Alexander,10,37,40,61,205,215
Simpson, David,5
Simpson, David (secundus),37
Simpson, David (tertius),191,210
Simpson, Lady,191,216,217
Simpson, Mary,10
Simpson, Miss E. B.,138,202,214
Simpson, Mrs.,5,6,204
Simpson, Professor A. R.,51,86,164,219
Smallpox,184
Snow, Dr.,130
Snowball riot, the,42
Sound, the,168
Squabbles, Simpson’s,78
Stafford House, Simpson’s visit to,80
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,151
Stevenson, R. L.,80
Storer, Dr.,217
Student, the Edinburgh medical,33
Superstitions,4,5,12
Surgery at Simpson’s birth,3
before anæsthesia,88-91
after anæsthesia,131
Sutherland, the Duchess of,80,86
Syme, Professor,26,31,60,61,73,114,175,130,140,148,151,186
T
Thatcher, Dr.,37,63Thesis, Simpson’s, for M.D. degree,39Thomson, Professor,39,60,72Town council of Edinburgh, the,28,58,60,63,65,73,188,192Traill, Professor,60
Thatcher, Dr.,37,63
Thesis, Simpson’s, for M.D. degree,39
Thomson, Professor,39,60,72
Town council of Edinburgh, the,28,58,60,63,65,73,188,192
Traill, Professor,60
U
Universities (Scots) Act,188,193University of Edinburgh,14,18,26,28,31,130
Universities (Scots) Act,188,193
University of Edinburgh,14,18,26,28,31,130
233V
233
Verses, Simpson’s,33,202Viewbank,143,211
Verses, Simpson’s,33,202
Viewbank,143,211
W
Waldie, Mr.,105Wallace, Professor,18Warren, Dr. J. Collins,102Warriston cemetery,216Weavers, the, of Bathgate,8,9Wells, Horace,97,132,198Wesley, John,71Westminster Abbey,215,219Williams, Dr., of York,213Wilson, George,42Wilson, Professor John,18,27Women, medical,188Wound-healing,176
Waldie, Mr.,105
Wallace, Professor,18
Warren, Dr. J. Collins,102
Warriston cemetery,216
Weavers, the, of Bathgate,8,9
Wells, Horace,97,132,198
Wesley, John,71
Westminster Abbey,215,219
Williams, Dr., of York,213
Wilson, George,42
Wilson, Professor John,18,27
Women, medical,188
Wound-healing,176
Y
York, Simpson’s visit to,213Young, Professor Thomas,59
York, Simpson’s visit to,213
Young, Professor Thomas,59
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