J Marion Sims and the ‘forgotten women of gynaecology’

2021/03/02 by L. Lewis Wall · 1 citation
Medicine · Arts and Humanities · #Ureteral procedures and complications #Medical History and Innovations #Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions #Gynecology #Art history #Management #Art #Medicine #Economics

paper · doi:10.12968/bjom.2021.29.3.172

openalex publication_date 2021/03/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

L. Lewis Wall comments on the surgical operations conducted by Dr J Marion Sims and the ethics surrounding his work

Citations

• J. Marion Sims and the Vesicovaginal Fistula: Historical Understanding, Medical Ethics, and Modern Political Sensibilities
• The forgotten women of gynaecology

Cited by

• J. Marion Sims [wikipedia]

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