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“…a gathering thrown in his own honor.”
“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 753.
“…rushing to human trials…”
As will be seen in a later chapter, British doctor Isaac Baker Brown would use Brown-Séquard’s work as justification for opening a hospital dedicated to clitoridectomy. Brown-Séquard would distance himself from the effort.
“…they criticized his animal experiments.”
Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 80.
“…Frankenstein…”
“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 752.
“…rage and sadness…”
Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 80.
“They gave her chloroform…”
Anarcha’s case record at Woman’s Hospital in New York indicates that while she was being experimented upon by Charles Bell Gibson she was placed under the influence of chloroform. The case record is held at the Arthur H. Aufses, Jr. Medical Archives and Mount Sinai Records office at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York.
“…could tell from her cough…”
As will be seen later, Anarcha’s death certificate indicates that she died of “Asthma.” However, there is no reason to conclude that a doctor examined and diagnosed her before she died, and likely it was a summary judgement based on questions posed to her husband. Although chloroform was even into the twentieth century used as a cough remedy, it was later discovered that prolonged use could cause liver damage that could result in persistent, even bloody, cough.
“…he left Richmond soon after…”
Celestin, L.-C. (2016). Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: The biography of a tormented genius, p. 83.
“…to question whether all of his ancestors…”
“Charles Edouard Brown-Séquard’s Departure from the Medical College of Virginia: Incompatible Science or Incompatible Social Views in pre–Civil War Southern United States,” Joseph C. Watson and Stephen V. Ho, World Neurosurgery, Vol. 75, No. 5/6, 2011, p. 753.