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Charity shop finds diary chronicling doctor's last days
BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7565.412-a (Published 24 August 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:412- Lynn Eaton
- London
A lost diary documenting the last days of Scottish physician Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870), who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform, has been found in a secondhand bookshop run by …
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