The Chloroform Baronet (Part 2)

June 16 · 35 min · Episode 289 · 34.3 MB

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In 1847, James Young Simpson successfully used chloroform for the first time to help in childbirth. But the anesthetic was still controversial and dangerous, which made it all the more risky when Simpson was faced with a royal patient: Queen Victoria.

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