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Portrait of Agnes 'Anaesthesia' Carstares (b/w photo)

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EUL253434
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Portrait of Agnes 'Anaesthesia' Carstares (b/w photo)
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Scottish School (19th century) / Scottish
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Edinburgh University Library, Scotland
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black and white photograph
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written on reverse 'the first child to be born while the mother was under the influence of chloroform, the mother attended by Sir J.Y. Simpson; Sir James Young Simpson (1811-70) Professor of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh and physician to Queen Victoria, discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform during childbirth;

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© Edinburgh University Library / With kind permission of the University of Edinburgh / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
scientific / female / breakthrough / discovery / profile / aged seventeen / experiment / experimentation / medical / medicinal / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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