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The eponymous Dr James Marion Sims MD, LLD (1813–1883)

West, MJ, Irvine, LM·2015·Journal of Medical Biography
DOI 10.1177/0967772013480604
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Dr James Marion Sims was born in 1813 in Lancaster County, South Carolina. It was while pioneering numerous surgical procedures in Alabama that in 1849 he achieved the outstanding landmark in medical history of successfully, and consistently, repairing vesicovaginal fistulae. Sims soon developed a reputation as a fine surgeon, with new operations and techniques, using novel surgical instruments and his innovative approaches frequently published. Moving to New York City in 1853, he further established hospitals devoted entirely to women’s health. Sims was controversial, with flamboyant descriptions of self-confident success, yet they were tempered with sober reflection of failure and loss. Today we remain with the Sims speculum and Sims position, eponymous tributes to his accomplishments as the ‘Father of Gynaecology’.

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Authors
West, M., & Irvine, L.
Venue
Journal of Medical Biography
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2013-09-16
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
35-45
ISSN
  • 0967-7720 (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-1087
DOI
10.1177/0967772013480604
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W2326786379
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386
References
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28.31
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journal article
Language
en
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