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Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870)
"[...]to which he made his pilgrimage. The boy's nearest and dearest ambition was to become a student at “the College,” as Edinburgh University was familiarly termed. It received encouragement in the periodical return to the village of elder boys who had gone up before him. He was specially struck, and afterwards stimulated, by the appearance of one John Reid, his senior by two years, and his former companion in many a country ramble, who came back for the vacations smartened up both physically and mentally by the new life. Although the collegiate life characteristic of Oxford was unknown in Scots Universities, there was social intercourse amongst the boys very different from that of the village. The ancient Edinburgh University attracted students from all parts of the world, mostly for the medical curriculum, but many preceded the professional[...]".
Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) I have endeavoured to condense the vast amount of matter which has been written concerning this Master of Medicine and his work into the form of a readable narrative, and to represent him in his social and intellectual environment in accordance with the object Of' this Series. The selections from his own writings illustrate as far as possible his versatility and many-sided character. I have chosen for quotation out of the numerous sketches and memoirs of him those written from undoubted knowledge of the man. I am indebted especially to Professor A. R. Simpson for kind advice, to Mr. Cuthbertson Of the Edinburgh University Librar...
Sir James Y. Simpson
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