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Homes of Dr. Marion Sims in Montgomery and Mount Meigs, Alabama, and his office in Montgomery.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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Dr. Sims, sometimes called "the founder of modern gynecology," performed experimental gynecological operations on enslaved women. Among them were Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy, the only subjects he mentioned by name in his records.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. Buildings
  2. Business & Industry
  3. Homes & Haunts
  4. Houses
  5. Medical Offices
  6. Montgomery (Ala.)
  7. Montgomery County (Ala.)
  8. Mount Meigs (Ala.)
  9. Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813 1883

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