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    to J. Marion Sims. "J. Marion Sims", Encyclopedia of Alabama "Sims, James Marion" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900. J. Marion Sims Papers...
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    gynaecology, Sims' vaginal speculum is a double-bladed surgical instrument used for examining the vagina and cervix. It was developed by J. Marion Sims out of...
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    Marion Sims Wyeth /ˈwaɪ.əθ/ FAIA (February 17, 1889 – February 4, 1982) was an American architect known for his range in styles such as Art Deco, Mediterranean...
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    The Sims position, or left lateral Sims position, named after the gynaecologist J. Marion Sims, is usually used for rectal examination, treatments, enemas...
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    J. Marion Sims is a bronze sculpture depicting the American physician of the same name by Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller. The sculpture consists of a nearly...
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    widely credited to J. Marion Sims and to a lesser extent his trainee and partner Nathan Bozeman, physicians from Montgomery, Alabama. Sims is widely considered...
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    Vesicovaginal fistula (category J. Marion Sims)
    2011). "The portrayal of J. Marion Sims' controversial surgical legacy". The Journal of Urology. 185 (6): 2424–7. doi:10.1016/j.juro.2011.01.077. PMID 21511295...
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  • Medical Apartheid (category J. Marion Sims)
    James Marion Sims, born in Hanging Rock, South Carolina, was widely considered to be the "father of gynecology". Washington uses her book to expose Sims by...
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  • Anarcha Westcott (category J. Marion Sims)
    physician J. Marion Sims, without the use of anesthesia, to treat a combination of vesicovaginal fistula and rectovaginal fistula. Sims's medical experimentation...
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    speculum was developed by J. Marion Sims, a plantation doctor in Lancaster County, United States. Between 1845 and 1849, Sims performed dozens of surgeries...
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  • for their contributions to these fields include Ephraim McDowell and J. Marion Sims. Ephraim McDowell developed a surgical practice in 1795 and performed...
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    unethical experiments performed by J. Marion Sims during the 19th century, whose actions were widely published (by Sims himself). This is not to say that...
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  • who fall in love while caring for the infants. Hema names them Marion (after J. Marion Sims) and Shiva (after the Hindu deity). Ghosh teaches himself surgery...
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  • involved slaves was gynecology under Dr. J. Marion Sims in Montgomery, Alabama between 1845 and 1849. Dr. Sims is known for being a pioneer in the treatment...
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  • Mothers of Gynecology Movement (category J. Marion Sims)
    evaluate a statue of J. Marion Sims in Central Park. During the 90-day evaluation period, author J.C. Hallman's essay about the Sims monument, "Monumental...
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    primarily with the New York Yankees, 1943-1951 J. Marion Sims – controversial founder of gynecology; the J. Marion Sims Foundation is located in Lancaster Elliot...
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    mother, Florence Nightingale Sims (d.1915), was the daughter of Lancaster County, South Carolina, native J. Marion Sims, a pioneering surgeon who is considered...
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  • The postcoital test (PCT), also known as the Sims test, Hühner test ,Sims–Hühner test, or cervical mucous penetration assay is a test in the evaluation...
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    removed during the night of October 18–19, 2017, and placed in storage. J. Marion Sims, a physician called "the father of modern gynecology", performed experiments...
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    notable person in these respective professions. J. Marion Sims, a monument of gynecologist J. Marion Sims by Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller, is also installed...
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    Nightingale Sims, the daughter of surgeon J. Marion Sims, on August 10, 1886. They had two sons and one daughter. One of their sons, Marion Sims Wyeth, became...
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  • Mothers of Gynecology Monument (category J. Marion Sims)
    who were patients of controversial doctor and "father of gynecology" J. Marion Sims, whose office was nearby. The statues were made from discarded metal...
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    on Human Radiation Experiments, among others. Throughout the 1840s, J. Marion Sims, who is often referred to as "the father of gynecology," performed surgical...
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    of controversial surgeon J. Marion Sims, in Central Park. During the 90 day evaluation period, Hallman's essay about the Sims monument, "Monumental Error...
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    Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04098-4. Mickles, Kiana (October 2017). "Beyond J. Marion Sims: Black Women Have Been Fighting Discrimination in the Medical Industrial...
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    New York Cancer Hospital (category J. Marion Sims)
    Architects. Although he died before it opened, J. Marion Sims was much involved in the founding of the hospital. Sims had been president of the American Medical...
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    He also described their infection—skenitis. Skene collaborated with J. Marion Sims, who performed gynecologic exams and surgeries on enslaved African-American...
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    pregnancy, a procedure that has saved countless lives since then. Tait and J. Marion Sims are considered the fathers of gynecology. Tait was born in Edinburgh...
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    relaxants such as curare allowed for safer applications. American surgeon J. Marion Sims (1813–83) received credit for helping found gynecology, but later was...
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    the national merger of the two fraternities. Chapter was formed at the Marion Sims-Beaumont Medical College which became the Medical Department at St. Louis...
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