Intended for healthcare professionals

News

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
  1. Lynn Eaton
  1. 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 …

    View Full Text

    Log in

    Log in through your institution

    Subscribe

    * For online subscription