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Noun: Sir James Young Simpson
  1. Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anaesthetic effects of chloroform (1811-1870)
    - Simpson

Type of: doc [informal], doctor, Dr., MD, medico [informal], physician

Encyclopedia: Sir James Young Simpson, 1st Baronet