D.EA.TII 01? Xilii UlSCoViiKiSii OP TUB AKJSSXIIJBXIO EETJEC.TS OF UHLOBOFOICiX. — cJir James tiioipson, the eminent physician, died at Edinburgh on the titk May, altar a severe ilness, which had lasted for some time, (Sir name will always be associated with the application of the vapour of chloroform in surgical operations aud obstetrics —an anajsthetic which, once introduced, superseded ail others, and it is not too much to say that his discovery, during the twenty-three years that it has been m use, has immensely diminished the sum of human suiftsring. He was born in. 1&11, and xu ins comparatively early death the science; of medicine has lost one of its most earnest and successful students. Ha was, in the best sense of the term, a selfmade manj and the distinction of a baronetcy, conferred upon him. by the Crown some four years ago, was generally acknowledged to be a j«ist recognition of his high eulenfc and services.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 813, 15 August 1870, Page 3
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156Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 813, 15 August 1870, Page 3
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