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“…falling out of favor.”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 93.

“…only one-fifth as often…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 93.

“…a mania for incising the cervix…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 93.

“…accept the dicta of great men…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 96.

“…Emmet refused to speak.”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 96.

“…painful cramps due to mechanical obstruction…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 100.

“…nitrate of silver…”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 100.

“…the cutting operation would pass out of sight.”

“On the Surgical Treatment of Stenosis of the Cervix Uteri,” J. Marion Sims, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 100.

“…Dr. A. Reeves Jackson…”

Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, pp. 347-62.

“…‘On Some Points in Connection with the Treatment of Sterility.’”

“On Some Points in Connection with the Treatment of Sterility,” A. Reeves Jackson, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, pp. 347-62.

“…incalculable mischief.”

“On Some Points in Connection with the Treatment of Sterility,” A. Reeves Jackson, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, pp. 350-51.

“The total quantity of ruined health…”

“On Some Points in Connection with the Treatment of Sterility,” A. Reeves Jackson, Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, p. 351.

“…president for the year 1880.”

Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 4, 1879, p. 19.

“…a number of other countries.”

Sims’s awards are recorded in many places. As with his award from Belgium, I believe there is reason to doubt some of these awards. For example, Sims received an award from the government of Portugal. I found no evidence that Sims had ever visited Portugal (though it may be possible that he operated on prominent Portuguese citizens in other countries). In any event, I saw no reason to belabor awards that may have dubious purpose, and which may or may not have been awarded.

“J. Marion Sims—Pioneer Cancer Protagonist,” Hayes Martin, Harry Ehrlich, and Francelia Butler, Cancer, March 1950, p. 195, ft.

“…offered a tribute…”

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 425.

“After a three-decades-long dispute…”

The nature of this dispute remains mysterious. It may relate to Sims’s ambition as a physician, or to Baldwin’s earlier criticism of Sims’s first infant lockjaw paper. It could also refer to Sims’s partnership in the dispensary co-owned by Baldwin, Sims, and B. Rush Jones. It remains unclear.

SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 439.

“…Baldwin too had served…”

Transactions of the American Medical Association, Vol. 20, 1869, pp. 55, 58. The transactions are available for download through the AMA’s website.