title: Chloroform at Christmas. An early reference from the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh.
abstract: James Young Simpson first administered chloroform to one of his obstetric patients on 5 November 1847. The speed with which the discovery caught the popular imagination is illustrated by a comic scene in a pantomime which formed part of an entertainment in Edinburgh presented on 27 December in the same year.
mesh_terms: D002725:Chloroform / Q000266:history*; D004324:Drama; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008091:Literature; D008880:Midwifery / Q000266:history*; D011639:Public Opinion; D012606:Scotland
chemical_list: D002725:Chloroform