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“An act was soon passed…”
“…was denied them.”
“…fifty thousand bodies had been hastily buried…”
“…Sims hardly cared about the ethical strictures…”
“…advertisements for watchmakers…”
“…and young ladies’ boarding schools.”
“…the glowing portraits of Sims…”
“…he had succeeded in befriending.”
“His critique of Bozeman…”
“…his ignorance of the previous literature.”
“Everything he had proposed…”
“…Bozeman, who had left for Europe…”
“…an absurd plea for personal aggrandizement.”
“…full of forgettable frothiness…”
“An act was soon passed…”
Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 173.
“…was denied them.”
See “He had wanted the Arsenal…” and “…Arsenal building…,” above.
“…fifty thousand bodies had been hastily buried…”
Sims and his biographer disagree on the exact number of bodies exhumed.
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 304.
Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 174.
“…Sims hardly cared about the ethical strictures…”
See “…because it had been advertised?” above.
“…advertisements for watchmakers…”
The Evansville Daily Journal (Evansville, LA), December 14, 1860, p. 3.
“…and young ladies’ boarding schools.”
The New York Times (New York, NY), October 30, 1860, p. 6.
“…the glowing portraits of Sims…”
As noted above (see “…fifteen publications…” and “…The American Phrenological Journal,” above), Sims had access, through Henri Stuart, to many publications in New York, and while others may feel differently I think and overall similarity of tone between these articles and biographical pieces penned by Stuart are unmistakable. The dates of these articles are as follows:
American Phrenological Journal: December 1857.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper: February 23, 1856, and June 24, 1876.
“…he had succeeded in befriending.”
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper did extensive coverage of the dramatic contested will of Frank Leslie himself, after he died. Sims was one of just a few who testified at the trial, and he attested to his familiarity with Leslie.
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 18, 1880, p. 246.
“His critique of Bozeman…”
Sims, J. M., & New York Academy of Medicine. (1858). Silver sutures in surgery. New York: S.S. & W. Wood, p. 11.
“…his ignorance of the previous literature.”
Noeggerath, E., Jacobi, A., & In Baillière, . (1859). Contributions to midwifery, and diseases of women and children: With a report on the progress of obstetrics, and uterine and infantile pathology in 1858. New York: Baillière Brothers, p. 219.
“Everything he had proposed…”
Noeggerath, E., Jacobi, A., & In Baillière, . (1859). Contributions to midwifery, and diseases of women and children: With a report on the progress of obstetrics, and uterine and infantile pathology in 1858. New York: Baillière Brothers, p. 219.
“…Bozeman, who had left for Europe…”
See “…he was already making plans…,” above.
“…an absurd plea for personal aggrandizement.”
See “…purchased his business and home,” above.
“Silver Sutures in Surgery, By J. Marion Sims, M.D.,” anonymous, North American Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. II, No. 4, July 1858, p. 635.
“…full of forgettable frothiness…”
“Silver Sutures in Surgery, By J. Marion Sims, M.D.,” anonymous, North American Medico-Chirurgical Review, Vol. II, No. 4, July 1858, p. 635.