James Young Simpson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6052569 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Young Simpson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James Young |
| FAMILY NAME | Simpson |
| SIGNATURE | SIMPSON J Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edinburgh College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1852 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1914 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Fitness of the Environment
When Darwin first turned the search-light of his genius upon the world of Nature, and under its illumination men were compelled to replace their static views of organic creation by a dynamic representation that made the history of life a connected and, in great part, progressive process from the beginning, attention was mainly concentrated on the fitness of the organism to its environment. The fact of such fitness had long been obvious in differi…
On some ancient Greek Medical Vases for containing Lykion; &c., and on the modern use of the same drug in India
Professor James Young Simpson, with apologies for an article about Greek antiquities rather than Scottish ones, wrote an article to bring attention to several examples of Greek medical vases with inscriptions referring to lycium, a medicine that he found mention of in Galen and Dioscorides, among others. The professor wished to remark on the bottles because there was so little material evidence of Ancient Greek medical practices, in comparison es…
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On some ancient Greek Medical Vases for containing Lykion; &c., and on the modern use of the same drug in India
Professor James Young Simpson, with apologies for an article about Greek antiquities rather than Scottish ones, wrote an article to bring attention to several examples of Greek medical vases with inscriptions referring to lycium, a medicine that he found mention of in Galen and Dioscorides, among others. The professor wished to remark on the bottles because there was so little material evidence of Ancient Greek medical practices, in comparison es…
The Fitness of the Environment
When Darwin first turned the search-light of his genius upon the world of Nature, and under its illumination men were compelled to replace their static views of organic creation by a dynamic representation that made the history of life a connected and, in great part, progressive process from the beginning, attention was mainly concentrated on the fitness of the organism to its environment. The fact of such fitness had long been obvious in differi…
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