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“…Dr. Joseph Lister…”
Sims refers to events seven years old in a piece published in 1877.
“Professor Lister’s Introductory: Antiseptic Surgery,” J. Marion Sims, British Medical Journal, October 27, 1877, p. 608.
“…under the fingernails…”
Emmet, T. A. (1911). Incidents of my life: Professional, literary, social; with services in the cause of Ireland. New York, Putnam, p. 214.
“…use of cotton swabs.”
“Professor Lister’s Introductory: Antiseptic Surgery,” J. Marion Sims, British Medical Journal, October 27, 1877, p. 608.
“…employ its casualties…”
“Remarks on the Treatment of Gunshot-Wounds of the Abdomen in Relation to Modern Peritoneal Surgery,” J. Marion Sims, British Medical Journal, February 11, 1882, p. 185.
“…a committee designed along the lines…”
Evans, T. W. (1873). History of the American ambulance established in Paris during the siege of 1870-1871, together with the details of its methods and its work, by Thomas W. Evans. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, pp. 4, 447-48.
“…mischief among the lady managers…”
See “…served on the Commission's hospital ships…” and “…hospital management during the war,” above.
“…the secret exchange of messages…”
See “…already felt an animosity…” and “…when the emperor wished to send private messages…,” above.
“The two men had met…”
“On the Nitrous Oxide Gas as an Anæsthetic,” J. Marion Sims, British Medical Journal, April 11, 1868, pp. 349-50. With thanks to Dr. L. Lewis Wall for calling this to my attention.
