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Short title	L0058271 Bottle of chloroform, United Kingdom, 1896-1945
Author	Wellcome Library, London
Headline	L0058271 Bottle of chloroform, United Kingdom, 1896-1945
Copyright holder	Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Image title	L0058271 Bottle of chloroform, United Kingdom, 1896-1945 Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Duncan Flockhart & Co Ltd was commissioned by James Young Simpson (1811-1870) to manufacture chloroform from 1847 onwards. In 1847, Simpson became the first surgeon to use chloroform as an anaesthetic during childbirth. Duncan Flockhart & Co. Ltd became the first British manufacturers of chloroform and exported it throughout the British Empire. They also expanding into producing other anaesthetics and supplied the British and Allied forces during the First and Second World Wars. maker: Duncan Flockhart and Company Limited Place made: United Kingdom made: 1896-1945 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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