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also known as the obstetrics forceps which assisted in childbirth and reducing pain.
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Alexander Simpson (1797–1877), and nephew of
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Alexander Rudolph Barbour Simpson
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Margaret Stewart Barbour (died 1911), sister of
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Alexander Russell Simpson, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
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Harveian Society of Edinburgh
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457:He retired in 1905 and was knighted in 1906.
981:Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
835:, Oxford University Press, 1 December 2007,
951:Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
480:Contributions to Obstetrics and Gynaecology
311:: Edinburgh & St Andrews Universities
762:A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society
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971:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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508:Professor Alexander Hugh Freeland Barbour
961:Academics of the University of Edinburgh
759:Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933).
298:Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
273:"On the anatomy of the umbilical cord" .
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946:People associated with Edinburgh
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474:On the Head Flexion in Labour
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283:Professor James Young Simpson
25:Sir Alexander Russell Simpson
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716:The British Medical Journal
575:. National Portrait Gallery
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619:Simpson, Alex. R. (1856).
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211:52 Queen Street, Edinburgh
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537:Thomas Blantyre Simpson
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257:University of Edinburgh
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936:Scottish obstetricians
870:Simpson, A.R. (1892).
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594:A. R. Simpson (1900).
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543:Artistic recognition
247:Simpson was born in
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519:James Young Simpson
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879:25 February
833:Who Was Who
604:25 February
579:30 November
390:−4.0
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261:Montpellier
124:Nationality
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88:, Edinburgh
920:Categories
559:References
487:Obstetrics
319:Candidate
174:obstetrics
96:55°56′07″N
64:, Scotland
54:1835-04-30
539:FRSE QC.
514:in 1892.
381:Majority
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265:Berlin
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