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“…it was Henry LeVert’s silver wire that had been the answer.”
This is false. Sims had barely mentioned the use of silver wire in his original fistula paper, and did not characterize it as an essential feature of his cure.
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, p. 21.
“…Anarcha’s former owner…”
See “…was now in Alabama,” above.
Caver, L. E. (2000). Death and marriage notices from Autauga County, Alabama newspapers: 1853-1889. Prattville, Ala. (P.O. Box 680052, Prattville 36068: L.E. Caver, p. 5.
“In late 1856…”
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, pp. 252-53.
“It lay radically out of position…”
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, p. 253.
“…could be entirely repositioned…”
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, p. 253.
“An amputation of membrane…”
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, pp. 254-55.
“…perfectly positioned organ.”
Sims, J. M. (1990). Silver sutures in surgery; together with Clinical notes on uterine surgery. Birmingham, Ala: Classics of Obstetrics & Gynecology Library, p. 255.