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J. Marion Sims

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J. Marion Sims

American physician and gynecologist (1813-1883)

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James Marion Sims was an American medical doctor in the field of surgery. His most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed childbirth. He developed this technique via non-consensual and unanesthetized surgeries on enslaved black women Anarcha Westcott, Lucy and Betsey and impoverished Irish women.

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by "Photo by Kurtz, Engraved by R. O'Brien" - "Kurtz" is presumably William Kurtz (1833 - December 5, 1904); "R. O'Brien" may be "Lucius R. O'Brien", an engraver active at that time. via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

surgeon, gynecologist, physician

Position held

President of the American Medical Association

Citizenship

United States

Born

January 25, 1813

Died

November 13, 1883

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