Jackson, Dr., of Boston, U.S.A., 96 James VI., 192 Jameson, Professor R., 59 Jeffery, Lord, 27 Jenner, 119, 145 K Keiller, Dr., 30 Keith, Dr. George, 105 Kennedy, Dr. Evory, 61, 63 Knox, Robert, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28 L _Lancet_, the, 95, 169, 191, 218 Laughing-gas, _vide_ nitrous oxide Laycock, Professor, 186 Leighton, Archbishop, 193 Leprosy and leper-houses, 70 Lippi, 45 Lister, Lord, 176, 179, 184, 188 Liston, Professor, 26, 31, 91, 95, 104, 151 Lizars, John, 26 London, Simpson's journeys to, 80, 187, 213 Long, Dr., of Athens, U.S.A., 96 Lycium, the, of the Muses, 154 M MacArthur, Mr., 20, 21, 22, 26, 39 Macintosh, Dr., 55 Maclagan, Sir Douglas, 43 Maclaren, Mr. Duncan, 61 _Maga_, the university, 41 Mandrake, 93 Master of Arts, the degree of, 19 Medical faculty, the, 57, 59, 60, 187 Medical Reform Act, the, 187 Medical student, the Edinburgh, 33 _Medical Times and Gazette_, the, 184 Medicine, condition of, at Simpson's birth, 1-3 Medico-Chirurgical Society, the Edinburgh, 189 Meigs, Professor, 117 Melbourne, Lord, 28, 73 Mesmerism, 94, 149 Midwifery, 3, 32, 39, 40, 53, 86, 104 Midwifery Chair, 55-65, 188, 215 Midwifery class, Simpson's, 67 Miller, Professor, 106, 109, 186 Moncrieff, Lord, 27 Monro (Primus), 57 Monro (Secundus), 56 Monro (Tertius), 23, 59 Montgomery, Dr., 140 Monthyon Prize, the, 190 Morton, W. T. G., 97, 98, 129, 132, 198 N Napier, Lord, of Magdala, 197 _Nepenthe_, 93 Newhaven, 143, 196 Nitrous oxide gas, 97 North, Christopher, 18 Nunn, Mr., 123 O Oineromathic, the Society, 42 Oxford, D.C.L., degree of, 192, 212 P Pare, Ambroise, 90 Pathology, 39, 53, 55, 73, 74 Petroleum, 84 Physician-Accoucheur to the Queen, Simpson appointed, 86 Pillans, Professor, 18 _Post mortem_, 225 _Practitioner_, the, 184 Principalship, the, of Edinburgh University, 192 "Prometheus," 218 "Puck," 138 Q Queen Street, No. 52, 78, 81, 105, 137 Queen, the, 17, 86, 129, 190 R Reform, medical, 187 Reform, university, 187 Regents, the, of Edinburgh University, 192 Reid, Professor John, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 39, 41, 42, 55, 207 Religious views, Simpson's, 203 Rinderpest, epidemic of, 185 Rollock, the Regent, 192 Roman army, the, 156 Royal Medical Society, 41, 52, 53 Royal Physical Society, 41 Russell, Lord John, 27, 190 S