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“…to rise from her bed…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 88.

“…Josiah Nott in consultation.”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 88.

“…hospitals for the Confederacy…”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 268.

“…a school for former slaves.”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 296.

“Seven of Nott’s eight children…”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 2.

“…four had died of yellow fever…”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 237.

“…a true science of gynecology.”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 314.

“He set out for New York…”

Horsman, R. (1987). Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, physician, and racial theorist. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, p. 1.

“Sims approached Emmet…”

Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 267.

“…pelvic cellulitis…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 88.

“…died on the seventh day…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 89.

“…an abscess of the fallopian tube…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 89.

“…secured a $200,000 donation…”

Marr, J. P. (1957). Pioneer surgeons of the Woman's Hospital: The lives of Sims, Emmet, Peaslee, and Thomas. Philadelphia: Davis. p. 35.

“…offered a title…”

From the pamphlet celebrating the 1870 anniversary of Woman’s Hospital, frontmatter. The pamphlet is held at the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Sims’s title also appears in the 1868 pamphlet, but my scan is incomplete.

“…a member of the governing board…”

From the pamphlet of the 1868 anniversary of Woman’s Hospital, frontmatter. The pamphlet is held at the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

“…almost closed when he’d been abroad…”

Emmet attributes the near-closure of Woman’s Hospital to the hold that Sims’s mystique had over the Board of Lady Managers. At other points in his autobiography, Emmet’s attitude toward women in general make me doubt this.

Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 189.

“…a complete prohibition on cancer cases…”

See “…his vision began to grow…” and “…hesitant about his cancer cases…,” above.

The prohibition on cancer cases is further revealed in documents cited below.

“…improving the fistula cure…”

Harris, S. (1950). Woman's surgeon: The life story of J. Marion Sims. New York: Macmillan, p. 264.

“…published a book on the subject.”

Emmet, T. A. (1868). Vesico-vaginal fistula from parturition and other causes with cases of recto-vaginal fistula. New York: W. Wood.