Article Detail Who invented Chloroform as anaesthetic ? Answer: James Simpson of Britain in 1847. Similar Questions : 1. Who invented Blood Transfusion ? Answer: Jean-Baptiste Denys of France in 1625. 2. Who invented Radiocarbon ? Answer: Willard Libby 3. Who invented Proton ? Answer: Ernest Rutherford 4. Who invented Open Heart Surgery ? Answer: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams 5. Who invented paper ? Answer: Cai Lun 6. Who invented X-ray ? Answer: W.K. Roentgen of Germany in 1895. 7. Who invented Ball-Point Pen ? Answer: John J. Loud of U.S.A. in 1888 Read more from - Important Inventions