J. Marion Sims, the Father of Gynecology: Hero or Villain?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 500-505

  Sartin, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisepsis; Civil rights; Gynecology; History of medicine; Medical ethics; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; GYNECOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERSONALITY; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PORTRAITS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; THERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442511368     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200405000-00017     Document Type: Review

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