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“…galaxy of surgical talent…”

From the remarks of J. Marion Sims, recorded in the pamphlet celebrating the 1868 anniversary of Woman’s Hospital, p. 35. The pamphlet is held at the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

“…medical men should be idolized…”

From the remarks of J. Marion Sims, recorded in the pamphlet celebrating the 1868 anniversary of Woman’s Hospital, p. 36. The pamphlet is held at the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes for Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

“…a sly tack…”

See “…many incurable female diseases…,” above.

“…the first directress…”

Throughout, I have conflated the various names adopted by the all-female managerial board that helped to supervise Woman’s Hospital. Groups and sub-groups went by various names: Woman’s Hospital Association; Board of Lady Managers; Board of Lady Supervisors; Board of Managers. These distinctions were not essential to my task of recreating the atmosphere and milieu of the time, so I have more or less treated the various boards as one body, which, in effect—as far as I can tell—they were.

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

“…Caroline Lane…”

Despite her significant influence on the history of Woman’s Hospital, and her many other contributions, I found it very difficult to find anything at all about Caroline Lane. The primary difficulty was that the women who served on Woman’s Hospital’s managerial board (see “…the first directress…,” above) tended to be referred to by their husband’s names (see “…would never be forgotten…,” above).

Chapman, J., & Fitts, J. H. (1891). Lane genealogies. Exeter, N.H: The News-letter Press, Vol. 1, p. 195.

“…hospital management during the war…”

See “…served on the commission’s hospital ships…,” above.

“…managerial powers over the medical staff…”

McGregor, D. K., & McGregor, D. K. (1998). From midwives to medicine: The birth of American gynecology, p. 171.

“…riots in New York in 1863…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, pp. 58-59.

“There were battles…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 60.

“Gangs of Irishmen…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 63.

“The city was illuminated by fires…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 60.

“Lynched black servants…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 60.

“…bloody serum in the abdomen…”

“Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot-Wounds of the Abdomen in Relation to Modern Peritoneal Surgery,” J. Marion Sims, British Medical Journal, February 18, 1882, p. 222.

“…they were rolled in tar…”

The author of this book was, for a time, Sims’s assistant at Woman’s Hospital.

Perry, J. G., & Perry, M. D. (1906). Letters from a surgeon of the Civil War. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 16.