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Bronze plaque № 64554

Photograph at the Bronze plaque № 64554 bronze plaque

David Waldie. Surgeon RGSE and chemist. Member of Asiatic Soc Bengal. B. Linlithgow 1813. D. Calcutta 1889. A pioneer in anaesthetic research to him belongs the distinction of having been the first to recommend and make practicable the use of chloroform in the alleviation of human suffering.

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