Historical Sign Language Database
Georgetown University
November 21, 2024
| Signer: Dougherty, George T. (1913) Title of film: The Discovery of Chloroform Number of segments: 36 | ||||
| ASL | English | Segment | URL | |
| ALL WORLD LOVE GOOD(rf)~PRAISE MALE WHO INVENT SLEEP. | The entire world loves and applauds the man who invented anesthesia. | 3 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=1 | |
| ALSO 3P-IX-PL ALL HONOR LOVE DOCTOR WHO INVENT cl-i:OintoB(anesthesia) CAUSE CAN(rf) SLEEP OUT PAIN STOP HAPPEN(rf) cl-i:S(pull-tooth) OR cl:B(amputate-leg) SURGERY(at-lt-chest) SURGERY(at-rt-chest). | They also honor the beloved doctor who invented the means for anesthesia which allows one to sleep painlessly through procedures such as tooth extractions, amputations and surgery. | 4 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=2 | |
| ONE WIND-BLOW DARK ALL-NIGHT IN S-C-O-T-L-A-N-D THERE(-to-bwd) MALE POOR B-A-K-E-R WALK BACK-AND-FORTH+ IN HOME. | One dark, windy night in Scotland, a poor baker was pacing the floor in his home. | 5 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=3 | |
| TIME~SAME-AS(2h) 3P-POSS(lt) FEMALE~MARRY SLEEP IN NEXT ROOM PROGRESS NEAR MOTHER. | At that time, his wife was in bed in the next room about to become a mother. | 6 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=4 | |
| MALE(rf) WALK(rf) BACK-AND-FORTH+ HEAR FEMALE(rf) THERE(rf) YELL+ PAIN | As he was pacing, he heard his wife screaming in agony. | 7 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=5 | |
| MALE SORRY WALK BACK-AND-FORTH+. | He was so sorry that he could only pace. | 8 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=6 | |
| AWHILE HEAR YELL, KNOW NEW BABY COME. | Soon he heard another scream and knew the baby had arrived. | 9 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=7 | |
| MOM~DAD BOTH DECIDE SPEND(rf)~COLLECT MONEY GIVE(-to-rt) SON GROWUP LEARN BECOME DOCTOR HELP FIND WAY T-O CHANGE(rf) REMOVE SUFFER-PAIN AMONG(rf) PEOPLE. | The parents decided to put away money to send their son to medical school in hopes that he could find a way to remove suffering among people. | 10 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=8 | |
| MALE~cl-d:B(small-height) NAME J-A-M-E-S Y-O-U-N-G S-I-M-P-S-O-N GROWUP GO-AWAY THROUGH(rf) COLLEGE U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-T-Y O-F E-D-I-N-B-U-R-G. | His name was James Young Simpson and he did indeed go to medical school at the University of Edinburg. | 11 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=9 | |
| SUCCEED~GOING-UP END PICK-FROM(-from-lt) TEACH IN COLLEGE. | Upon graduation, he was hired to teach at the college. | 12 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=10 | |
| 3P-IX(rc,rf) PAY-ATTENTION SEEK+ WAY HELP MOTHER SUFFER-PAIN SEE~READ+ VARIOUS TRY THING. | He focused his research on discovering a way to reduce the suffering of childbirth. | 13 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=11 | |
| SEE~READ THERE(arc,lt) AMERICA THERE(arc,lt) DOCTOR TRY+ N-I-T-R-O-U-S O-X-I-D-E OR L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G G-A-S, THEN~OTHER E-T-H-E-R. | He read that in America, doctors were using nitrous oxide also known as laughing gas, and ether. | 14 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=12 | |
| DOCTOR SEEK+ BOTH. | The doctor researched both alternatives | 15 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=13 | |
| 3P-IX(rf,rt) APPRECIATE NOT CHOOSE WHY(2h) N-I-T-R-O-U-S O-X-I-D-E OR L-A-U-G-H-I-N-G G-A-S DET-IX(rt) CONTINUE AWHILE(restr) FADE-AWAY STOP WAKE-UP. | He was not satisfied with nitrous oxide because it's effects did not last long and patients often awoke before the procedures were completed. | 16 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=14 | |
| THEN E-T-H-E-R GIVE(2h) FOLLOW FUTURE(rf) VOMIT+ BAD. | And ether had severe side effects with heavy vomiting afterwards. | 17 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=15 | |
| D-R S-I-M-P-S-O-N 3P-SELF(rt) GET cl-d:ConB(vial) cl-d:BB(height-approx-8-inches) C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M FROM FRIEND IN L-I-V-E-R-P-O-O-L. | Dr. Simpson obtained a vial of chloroform from a friend in Liverpool. | 18 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=16 | |
| fs:HE SUMMONS~COME-HERE(-from-rt) 3P-POSS(rf) HELP TWO DOCTOR~AGENT YOUNG COME(rf) SEE SHARE(rf) THREE cl-d:1along1(horiz,lab-setup) cl:Aabove1++(pour-solution), cl-i:C+(at-nose,breathe-in-solution-to-put-down). | He then, with the assistance of two young doctors, experimented with the chloroform by dividing up the compound for each doctor to inhale. | 19 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=17 | |
| TIME~SAME-AS, cl-i:C(breathe-in-to-put-down,rt) LITTLE-BIT cl-i:C(breathe-in,rf) LITTLE-BIT(rf) BECOME DIZZY(1-to-2h). | They then began to inhale a small amount of the chloroform and became light-headed. | 20 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=18 | |
| MALE DANCE, gs:WHOOPEE DANCE SILLY(2h-alt). | They began to dance around behaving as if they were intoxicated. | 21 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=19 | |
| AWHILE ONE~TWO(rf) WOMAN VISIT ENTER(-from-rt-to-ctr) gs:SHOCKED SEE THREE DOCTOR~FANCY+ NOW SILLY PLAY YELL(rf) gs:HEY AROUND. | A short time later, a couple of women entered the room and were appalled to see those 3 distinguised doctors carousing. | 22 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=20 | |
| AWHILE DOCTOR WAKE-UP STOP, SEE (glitch) TWO DOCTOR~FANCY+ PLAY SILLY(2h-alt). | After awhile, the doctor awoke to see (glitch) the two doctors carousing. | 23 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=21 | |
| DOCTOR AWHILE(rf) WAKE-UP, AGAIN WANT cl-i:O(breathe-in) LONG~MOST. | After the effects had worn off, quite awhile later, the doctors wanted to try it again but this time inhaling the chloroform for a longer period of time. | 24 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=22 | |
| 3P-IX-TRIPLE(2h,rt) cl-i:O(breathe-in) AWHILE(exp) SLEEP~ROCK(int) QUIET. | So, the 3 doctors breathed in the chloroform for a longer time and fell fast asleep. | 25 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=23 | |
| AWHILE(exp) LAST WAKE-UP, D-R S-I-M-P-S-O-N YELL E-U-R-E-K-A 1P-IX END(rf) FIND I-T NOW! | After a lengthy period, they awoke and Dr. Simpson cried out, "Eureka! I've found it!" | 26 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=24 | |
| FROM-THEN-ON DOCTOR 3P-SELF(lt) PUBLISH THAT(1h) C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M IN VARIOUS SICK(rf) VARIOUS(rf) MOTHER DIFFERENT(rf) DET-IX-PL pose:nod | He then published his finding and recommended chloroform for various uses including illness and childbirth. | 27 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=25 | |
| BUT PUBLISH WRITE DISTRIBUTE PEOPLE, PEOPLE LOOK-AT(rf) WRONG(int) 3P-IX SIN(int), SHAME DOCTOR DET-IX(ctr). | However, the announcement met with much opposition from the public who considered the doctors' behavior shameful and sinful. | 28 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=26 | |
| 3P-IX C-H-E-A-T GOD BETRAY GOD ANGRY(1h) WITH PEOPLE DET-IX-PL UP-TILL-NOW TIME E-V-E TEMPT A-D-A-M EAT(2h-alt) APPLE. | They likened it to the betrayal of Adam and Eve in the garden when they were tempted by eating the apple. | 29 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=27 | |
| DOCTOR DET-IX WRONG+++(int) DET-IX(int). | The doctors were completely wrong! The people said. | 30 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=28 | |
| DOCTOR TROUBLE PROTECT(rt) DISCUSS(rt) GOD FEEL~PITY(rf-to-rc). | Dr. Simpson was greatly troubled and protective of his discovery and replied that God is merciful. | 31 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=29 | |
| FROM-THEN-ON(rf) FUTURE QUEEN V-I-C-T-O-R-I-A 3P-SELF(rt) LITTLE-BIT BECOME(bs:rt) MOTHER(bs:rt) 3P-POSS(rt) FEMALE~DOCTOR GET C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M cl-i:O(-from-nose)-to-cl-i:B(give-chloroform) BORN SUCCEED WITH TROUBLE(neg) PAIN(neg) gs:NOTHING(neg). | Some time later, when Queen Victoria was about to give birth, her doctor gave her chloroform successfully with no harmful side effects. | 32 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=30 | |
| 3P-IX(rt,up) AGAIN SECOND(2h) BORN WITH TROUBLE(neg). | And again, the doctor did the same for the second child with no side effects. | 33 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=31 | |
| PEOPLE DET-IX(rt) LOOK-AT(-to-lt), BEGIN DOCTOR ALL-OVER SPREAD MEDICINE C-H-L-O-R-O-F-O-R-M(nod). | Then doctors all over began to use chloroform and it gained public acceptance. | 34 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=32 | |
| QUEEN APPRECIATE MUCH WITH DOCTOR THAT(1h,rt), GIVE-GIFT(rt) HONOR(rt) NAMED T-I-T-L-E GIVE(rt) D-..S-I.. J-A-M-E-S Y-O-U-N-G S-I-M-P-S-O-N B-A-R-O-N-E-T | The queen was so pleased with Dr. Simpson, she honored him by bestowing upon him the title of Baronet. | 35 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=33 | |
| MALE~DOCTOR FUTURE DIE, 3P-POSS BODY B-U-S-T SHAPE IN W-E-S-T-M-I-N-S-T-E-R A-B-B-E-Y, THERE(up,rf,rt) WHO MANY+(rf) FAMOUS MALE CAPTAIN, GENTRY, KING, ARMY WRITE VARIOUS THERE+++(rt-to-lt) MUCH. | When the doctor died, a bust was placed in Westminster Abbey alongside other renowned men, captains, gentry, royalty, military, writers and many others. | 36 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=34 | |
| DAY~NOW WOMAN(rf) VISIT(rf) cl-p:44(2-lines) SEE~LOOK-AT(rt-to-ctr) FEMALE(rf) cl-p:44(lines,-to-lt) TO(lt) THERE(lt) SHAPE B-U-S-T MALE~DOCTOR cl-i:C(grab-neck) cl-d:CC(at-neck,bust-of-head) cl-p:44(look-at-bust,rt) FACE(rf) SEE~LOOK-AT(rt) | Today, women who visit the Abbey line up to visit the bust of Dr. Simpson, | 37 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=35 | |
| D-R(rt) S-I-P-S-N(rt) FEMALE APPRECIATE(rf) THANKYOU(2h,lt,bow) HONOR(lt,bow). | They come to express their appreciation and respect for this man. | 38 | hsldb.georgetown.edu/films/tablefilm.php?source=dougherty&keyid=36 | |