James Marion Sims
1813–83
American gynaecologist. Practised gynaecology from Alabama in 1845, carrying out experimental surgery on slave women. Founded a women’s hospital in New York in 1855. Practised in New York, Paris, and London.
Source
ANB.
Bibliography
ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.
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