Page 25
“…worthy of a college graduate…”
“His father raged.”
“…John Sims had never dug himself clear…”
“Bartlett Jones had died…”
“…another heroic operation…”
“…grandiose fashion…”
“…no science in medicine…”
“His father suggested…”
“…Dr. Church…”
“…Sims was impressed…”
“…no medical books of his own…”
“…tools of the trade.”
“…Sims set to absorbing…”
“…distinction and prestige.”
“…worthy of a college graduate…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 115.
“His father raged…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 116.
“…John Sims had never dug himself clear…”
Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 20.
“Barlett Jones had died…”
Cunningham, C. (1956). Benjamin Jones and his descendants. Place of publication not identified, p. 13.
“…another heroic operation…”
This is from a handwritten transcription of a letter to the editor of the Columbia Telescope, February 20, 1829, signed by John Brandon. The transcription is held in the archives room of the Lancaster County Library in Lancaster, South Carolina.
“…grandiose fashion…”
This is from a short, typewritten profile (p. 2) of Bartlett Jones held in the the archives room of the Lancaster County Library in Lancaster, South Carolina. The document is printed on the letterhead of the Witherspoon Insurance Agency, Mary Donnom Witherspoon, Manager—but there is no indication that Witherspoon is the author of the profile.
“…no science in medicine…”
See “His father raged,” above.
“His father suggested…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 116.
“…Dr. Church…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 144.
“…Sims was impressed…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 116.
“…no medical books of his own…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, pp. 116-17.
“…tools of the trade.”
The description of Dr. Church’s tools is derived from a collection of medical utensils at the Waring Historical Library in Charleston, South Carolina.
“…Sims set to absorbing…”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 117.
“…distinction and prestige.”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 117.