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“…On Some Diseases of Women Admitted of Surgical Treatment…”

“…gave Sims’s clamp suture all due credit.”

Brown, I. B. (1854). On surgical diseases of women. London: Davies, p. 93.

“…series of brave surgical experiments…”

As will be documented in later chapters, it was around this time that Isaac Baker Brown was beginning to conceive of the London Surgical Home, building off of work by Brown-Séquard (See “…rushing to human trials…,” above), where he would perform clitoridectomy for the treatment of hysteria, epilepsy, etc.

“…his corrupt heritage was exposed.”

See “…to question whether all of his ancestors…,” above.

Sims never mentions Brown-Séquard directly, but given that Brown-Séquard would figure later in the Isaac Baker Brown scandal, Sims would surely have been aware of a story that many were familiar with.

“…stimulation of the body’s extremities…”

See “…eliminating the irritant,” above.

“…Sims’s friend, Horatio Storer.”

See “…mental disturbance in women…,” above.

“Brown and Brown-Séquard agreed…”

Brown, I. B. (1866). On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria in females. London: Hardwicke, pp. 7, 9.

“…nervous conditions that saw women progressing…”

Brown, I. B. (1866). On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria in females. London: Hardwicke, p. 7.

“…strayed from marital bliss…”

Brown, I. B. (1866). On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria in females. London: Hardwicke, pp. 15-16.

“…novel experiences and leaving home.”

Brown, I. B. (1866). On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria in females. London: Hardwicke, p. 15.

“…destroying the pudic nerve…”

See “Brown and Brown-Séquard agreed…,” above.

“…the seat of the mischief…”

Brown, I. B. (1866). On the curability of certain forms of insanity, epilepsy, catalepsy, and hysteria in females. London: Hardwicke, p. vi, 17.

“Following Sims’s lead…”

As will be seen in a later chapter, Isaac Baker Brown was eventually expelled from his medical society at an event that played out like a trial. Testimony at the trial suggests that Brown’s London Surgical Home launched in very much the same way Woman’s Hospital did, just a few years earlier.

“…the following year’s annual address…”

“…near total dominance.”

See “…but a dictator,” above.