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  • Dining Room at 32 Queen Street, Edinburgh

    Description:
    Photograph of a dining room. Manuscript note on verso: "Dining room 32 Queen St. Edin. where chloroform was first tried as an anaesthetic, 4th Nov. 1847."
    Date:
    undated

  • Lady Simpson

    Description:
    Manuscript note on verso indicates that this is a portrait of Jessie Grindlay, Lady Simpson, who was present at the discovery of chloroform.
    Date:
    1847

  • Home of James Young Simpson

    Description:
    Manuscript note on verso indicates that this is a photograph of 52 Queen Street where chloroform was discovered and where Simpson lived until his death.
    Date:
    undated