J. Marion SimsMedical ethicsPresentismVesico-vaginal fistulaJ. Marion Sims (1813鈥 1883) is often regarded as the founder of modern surgical gynecology. Widely known and respected during his lifetime, he was honored after death with a statue erected in New York City's Bryant Park. It was ...
EditorialJ. Marion Sims: A Defense ofthe Father of GynecologyJ. Patrick O’Leary, MDThe evil that men do lives after them; the good is often turnedwith their bones. So let it be with . . .William Shakespeare, Julius CaesarIn this month’s edition of the Southern Medical Journal,Jeffrey...
Marion Sims (“The Father of Gynecology”), began several years of experimental surgeries on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha (“The Mother of Gynecology”). This series of procedures—performed without anesthesia and resulting in Anarcha’s so-called “cure”—forever altered the path of...
and mercy. The author rescues Anarcha from the shadow of J. Marion Sims and restores her to her rightful position of American hero. Hallman reminds us on every page that Anarcha’s place as the so-called ‘mother of gynecology’ is as much a foundation of the United States as was the ...
Kaiser, I. H. "Reappraisals of J. Marion Sims." American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 15 (December 1978): 878-82.Kaiser I H. Reappraisals of J Marion Sims. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 1978; Dec 15: 878-882....
Marion Sims, an Antebellum era physician who invented the vaginally speculum that bears his name. His accent to become the "Father of Modern Gynecology" was his groundbreaking development of the surgical techniques for the repair for vesicovaginal fistula. Recent scholarship, however, has pointed to...
J. Marion Sims, considered the "father of modern gynecology," culminated with his autobiography. Story of My Life signals the interdependency of American medicine and nineteenth-century print culture, which furthered the demand for physicians' life narratives. Published posthumously ...
J. Marion Simss notorious, nineteenth-century gynecological tradition of invasive and injurious surgeries targeting the female body. More specifically, this essay offers a critical-comparative analysis of Simss mid-to-late-nineteenth-century medical publications and Dr. Sophia Kleegmans mid-twentieth-...
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SIMS, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883GYNECOLOGYPELVIC floor disordersAFRICAN American womenSURGEONSJ. Marion Sims (1813-1883) was one of the most prominent surgeons of the 19th Century, often referred to as the "Father of Gynecology" for his many contributions to the diagnosis...