Essential Edinburgh City Tours
Edinburgh - Living City Education Pack
Visit:
Places of Interest
Shops, Pubs & Hotels
Streets
Community & Education
Churches
People
Architecture
Statues & Public Works of Art
Explore:
Edinburgh Castle
The Royal Mile
Princes Street
The New Town
The Water of Leith
Dean
Stockbridge
Canonmills
Broughton
Inverleith
Newhaven
Leith
image copyright Rachel Windsor
This statue of the eminent Edinburgh physician stands on the southside of Prince's Street, one of its many memorials to the great and good of the city.

The image shows James Young Simpson, and was first published in Edinburgh Old and New by James Grant.
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Read works by Sir James Young Simpson M.D. in the Reference Library