J. Marion Sims
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James Marion Sims was an American physician 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
J. Marion Sims, engraving after photograph, ca. 1880
Sims' Surgical Infirmary for Negroes
Site of Sims' office in Montgomery, Alabama.
Sims' vaginal speculum.
Sims' vaginal speculum
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Sims' vaginal speculum is a double-bladed speculum used in gynaecology for examining the vagina and cervix. It was developed by J. Marion Sims.
J. Marion Sims
…unanesthetized surgeries on enslaved black women Anarcha Westcott, Lucy and Betsey and impoverished Irish women. He is also remembered for inventing the Sims speculum, the Sims sigmoid catheter, and Sims' position. Against significant opposition, he established, in New York, the first hospital in the United States…
Sims' vaginal speculum