page_title: Edinburgh Obstetrical Society
section_title: Simpson and society
hierarchical_section_title: Edinburgh Obstetrical Society / Simpson and society
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir James Young Simpson.
context_page_description: The Edinburgh Obstetrical Society is a medical society in Edinburgh devoted to obstetrics. It was founded in 1840 by Robert Bowes Malcolm and boasts James Young Simpson as their most eminent past member.
context_section_description: The society's longest running president was James Young Simpson, who was elected in 1841 at the age of 30. He continued in this role for the next 16 years and in 1866, returned to serve another year. His innovations in anaesthetics and properties of chloroform in November 1847 overshadowed his contributions to obstetrics. Simpson used ether to relieve labour pains, to the appreciation of many women but the disapproval of some contemporaries and the church.
caption: James Young Simpson, c. 1843-47.[2]
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