DISCOVERER OF CHLOROFORM.
An appeal ha-s been issued for funds to erect, a memorial to the laie Mr David Waldie in his native town of Linlithgow, in celebration of the centenary of his birth. It i,s stated that Waldie, who was born in 1813, crought to the notice of Sir James Simpson the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and undertook to prepare some for him. After his first experiment, Simpson wrote to Waldio: "I am sure you will bo delighted to see part of the good results of our ha sty conversation. j had the chloroform for several day;; in the house before trying it, as, after seeing it such a heavy ini-vnhitile-liko substance, T despaired of it, and vent on dreaming of other things. The first night we look it. Dr Duncan. Dr Keith, and I all tried it simultaneously, and were all under tlio table in a minute or two. That Waldio played some part in the introduction of chloroform there is no doubt, hut there is some controversy concerning the cni^stioi l whether it was an : mnortai;t part. The propose,'] memorial is n hrer\7o tablet in the house in which hp. lived.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 February 1913, Page 4
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194DISCOVERER OF CHLOROFORM. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 14 February 1913, Page 4
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