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Linlithgow, 65, 67, 69 High Street, The Four Marys
Public House (18th Century)
Site Name Linlithgow, 65, 67, 69 High Street, The Four Marys
Classification Public House (18th Century)
Canmore ID 214359
Site Number NT07NW 180
NGR NT 00265 77134
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/214359
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
667 High Street, 18th century
In his laboratory above the Four Marys bar/restaurant, the pharmacist Dr David Waldie conducted experiments with anaesthetics. Sir James Young Simpson, the pioneer of anaesthesia, recognised Waldie's chloroform as being safer and more effective than his own. The bronze plaque, by R Hope Pinker, 1913, records David Waldie as 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.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Publication Account (2000)
At 65-67 High Street, The Four Marys public house has its original eighteenth-century block and arcading visible, but recessed behind nineteenth-century additions. Inside is the upper part of a sixteenth-century round arched door piece set into a wall.
Information from ‘Historic Linlithgow: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).
