The portrayal of J. Marion Sims' controversial surgical legacy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2424-2427

  Spettel, Sara ^a   White, Mark Donald ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

civil rights; ethics; history of medicine; medical; vesicovaginal fistula

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANESTHESIA; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; EXPERIMENTAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79955861915     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.01.077     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. A Famous Surgeon Dead: The important life work of Dr. J. Marion Sims November 14, 1883 The New York Times
2. H. Washington Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present 2006 Doubleday New York
3. M.S. Nix The Historical Marker Database Birthplace of Dr. James Marion Sims Marker http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23891 2009 Accessed October 31, 2009
4. M. Sims The Story of My Life 1894 Appleton and Company New York
5. S. Harris Woman's Surgeon: The Life Story of J. Marion Sims 1950 Macmillan New York
6. S.B. Word The father of gynecology (James Marion Sims) Ala J Med Sci 9 1972 33
7. R.S. Sparkman Dr. J. Marion Sims J Med Assoc State Ala 45 1976 19
8. W.J. Fitzgerald J.Marion Sims, M.D. gynecologic surgeon N Y State J Med 63 1963 3533
9. R.R. Gifford J.Marion Sims (18131883) and the vesicovaginal fistula J S C Med Assoc 67 1971 271
10. D. Ojanuga The medical ethics of the 'father of gynaecology', Dr J Marion Sims J Med Ethics 19 1993 28
11. G.J. Barker-Benfield The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in Nineteeth-Century America 1974 Routledge New York
12. D.K. McGregor Sexual Surgery and the Origins of Gynecology: J. Marion Sims, His Hospital, and His Patients 1989 Garland Publishing New York
13. L.L. Wall The medical ethics of Dr J Marion Sims: a fresh look at the historical record J Med Ethics 32 2006 346
14. W.M. Byrd, and L.A. Clayton An American Health Dilemma: A Medical History of African Americans and the Problem of Race 2000 Routledge New York
15. G. Collins The Way We Live Now: Stand-Up Women October 5, 2003 The New York Times
16. B.H. Lerner Scholars Argue Over Legacy of Surgeon Who Was Lionized, Then Vilified October 28, 2003 The New York Times
17. J.M. Sims On the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula 1852. Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 9 1998 236
18. D.R. Ostergard The epochs and ethics of incontinence surgery: is the direction forward or backwards? Int Urogynecol J Pelvic Floor Dysfunct 13 2002 1