Scottish chemist who provided Dr James Young Simpson with first chloroform for human use
William Flockhart
Born
Annacroich, Kinross-shire
Baptised
30 November 1808
Died
24 August 1871
Edinburgh
Resting place
Warriston Cemetery 58°58'10.9"N, 3°11'47.5"W
Education
Licenciate of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
Occupation
chemist or pharmacist
Employer(s)
founding partner of Duncan, Flockhart and Company
Known for
supplying chloroform for the first human use to James Young Simpson
William Flockhart, L.R.C.S.E. (1808 – 1871) was a Scottish chemist, a pharmacist who provided chloroform to Doctor (later Sir) James Young Simpson for his anaesthesia experiment at 52 Queen Street, Edinburgh on 4 November 1847.[1] This was the first use of this chemical on humans[2] when Simpson tried it on himself and a few friends, and then used it for pain relief in obstetrics, and surgery. This changed medical practice for over a century, according to the British Medical Journal.[3]
^Gordon, H. Laing (2002). Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870). University Press of the Pacific. ISBN 9781410202918.
^"Sir James Young Simpson 1st Baronet Scottish physician". Britannica. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^"Video: James Young Simpson A New World is Born". British Medical Journal. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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