title: Simpson as a teacher--a students notebook.
abstract: This paper gives an account of a book of lecture notes taken by a medical student who attended Simpson's course during 1848-9. The notes include an early account of the use of chloroform in midwifery, and describe the obstetric practice of the period as taught by Simpson.
mesh_terms: D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000266:history; D002725:Chloroform / Q000266:history; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000266:history; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D006666:History of Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007751:Labor, Induced / Q000266:history; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000266:history*; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000266:history; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012606:Scotland; D013663:Teaching / Q000266:history
chemical_list: D002725:Chloroform