Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl…

1847 CE

Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane and methyl trichloride, is in 1847 first used as for general anesthesia during childbirth by Edinburgh obstetrician James Young Simpson.

The use of chloroform during surgery will expand rapidly thereafter in Europe.

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Edinburgh Midlothian United Kingdom View →

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