“…office in Memphis.”

The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), July 28, 1853, p. 6.

“…deeply seated tumors…”

The Daily Delta (New Orleans, LA), May 30, 1852, p. 4.

“Gilbert moved again…”

The New York Times (New York, NY), August 19, 1853, p. 6.

“…the famous Dr. Mutter.”

The New York Times (New York, NY), August 9, 1853, p. 7.

“…eight out of ten cases.”

See “Gilbert moved again…,” above.

“…in league with Gilbert & Co….”

“Edmund Gosse and the ‘New and Fantastic Cure’ for Breast Cancer,” L.R. Croft, Medical History, Vol. 38, 1994, p. 149.

“…physically depleted and emotionally fragile.”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 278.

“…tincture of Dr. Dewees…”

Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, p. 144.

“…a particular uterine membrane…”

“Some Remarks on the Pathology and Treatment of Dysmenorrhea,” John Eberle, The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 47, January 1831, p. 745.

“…foot drop, like Anarcha…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 296.