The evidence

A new world is born - tales from the archive

The third video in our series to promote the BMJ’s online archive now being fully searchable back to 1840 looks at Sir James Young Simpson, the man who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform, and pioneered its use in surgery.

Simpson wrote extensively in the BMJ, and all of his articles can be accessed for free online in the BMJ archive.

Click here to access James Young Simpson in the BMJ archive

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