James Young Simpson

James Young Simpson

male, deceased (1870)
obstetrics, Knights Bachelor, west lothian, anaesthetic, bathgate, Anesthesiologist…chloroform
Sir James Young Simpson, (June 7, 1811 born in Bathgate, West Lothian, died at his home in Edinburgh, May 6, 1870), was a Scottish doctor and...
Horace Wells

Horace Wells

male, deceased (1848)
circus, pain, dentist, American, chloroform, laughing gas
Horace Wells was an American dentist who pioneered the use of anaesthesia in dentistry, specifically nitrous oxide (or laughing gas). Born in...

Samuel Guthrie

male, deceased (1848)
chloroform, united states physician
Samuel Guthrie (1782 - 1848), was a U.S. physician. He invented a form of percussion powder and also the punch lock for igniting it, which made the...
Henry Hill Hickman

Henry Hill Hickman

male, deceased (1830)
The Lancet, English, shropshire, pain, sir humphry davy, carbon dioxide…chloroform
Henry Hill Hickman (January 27, 1800 - April 2, 1830) was born to tenant farmers at Lady Halton, (near Bromfield, Shropshire). He began his medical...
Benjamin Ward Richardson

Benjamin Ward Richardson

male, deceased (1896)
From Evansville, Indiana, Doctor, physiology, British, Non-fiction writer, physician…chloroform
Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson was an eminent British physician, anaesthetist, physiologist, sanitarian, and a prolific writer on medical history. He...

Eugène Soubeiran

male, deceased (1958)
French, scientist, pharmacist, chloroform, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Cubebin
Eugène Soubeiran was a renowned French scientist who served as chief pharmacist at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He was one of three rese...
Ruth Snyder

Ruth Snyder

female, deceased (1928)
Ruth Brown Snyder, sentenced to death, tribune, chloroform, executions by the United States, executed
Ruth Brown Snyder (1895 - January 12, 1928) was an American murderer. She was executed for the murder of her husband, Albert. She was executed by...
William Marsh Rice

William Marsh Rice

male, deceased (1900)
From Houston, chloroform, district attorney, valet, Rice University, Springfield
William Marsh Rice (March 14, 1816 - September 23, 1900) was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He made his fortune in Texas by trading cotton,...

Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau

male, deceased (1867)
French, inguinal canal, surgeon, anatomist, obstetrics, chloroform
Alfred-Armand-Louis-Marie Velpeau was a French anatomist and surgeon who was born in a village near Tours. He was a student and assistant to Pierre...
James McIlroy

James McIlroy

male, deceased (1968)
Explorer of Antarctica, East Indies, ulster, surgeon, chloroform, ypres
James McIlroy, full name James Archibald McIlroy (March 11, 1879 - July 30 1968) was a British surgeon and a member of Ernest Shackleton's crew on...