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“Rather, he smiled…”
“…a man woke to a ruckus…”
“…who in turn called…”
“…a young phenomenon…”
“…a clean tongue…”
“…asked the boy to stand.”
“…investigating since medical school.”
“…phenomena affecting the extremities.”
“…he had gone fishing…”
“…pressure on the nail…”
“…a pair of scissors…entirely cured.”
“…eliminating the irritant.”
“Rather, he smiled…”
Notably, Gibson—otherwise a prolific writer—did not write directly about performing further surgeries on Anarcha. It’s a peculiar omission, and I think it likely indicates that Gibson understood that it needed to be kept quiet. Nevertheless, an account of a procedure of Gibson’s, on a fistula that was of seven years’ standing in 1853—Anarcha acquired her fistula in 1845—was noted by an anonymous editor in the Virginia Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 1, July 1853, pp. 328-29.
As will be seen shortly, Gibson appeared to take pleasure in lecturing on Sims, so I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to suggest that he would have been pleased at the opportunity to perform further experiments on Anarcha.
“…a man woke to a ruckus…”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 185.
“…who in turn called…”
I assume the five hours in between indicates that another doctor was called in first.
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 185.
“…a young phenomenon…”
Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 681.
“…a clean tongue…”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 185.
“…asked the boy to stand.”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, pp. 185-86.
“…investigating since medical school.”
Berthelot, M. (1900). The life and works of Brown-Séquard. Washington: Govt. Print. Office, p. 681.
“…phenomena affecting the extremities.”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, pp. 166, 206.
“…he had gone fishing…”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 186.
“…pressure on the nail…”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 186.
“…a pair of scissors…entirely cured.”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 186.
“…eliminating the irritant.”
Brown-Séquard, C.-E. (1873). Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1858, Collins, Philadelphia, p. 175.