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In the Footsteps

Series 1

Episode 7

BBC Radio Scotland

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland FM

7/13. James Young Simpson: Ian Wilmut explores the life of physician and obstetrician James Young Simpson. He examines the furore Simpson ignited for using chloroform to ease the pains of labour, and compares that to the controversy his team caused by creating Dolly the Sheep. Show less

Source: BBC Online

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