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“…Baldwin’s work on quinine.”
Baldwin, W. O., & Sims, J. M. (1881). On the poisonous properties of quinine. New York: Bermingham & Co, p. 8.
“…‘like a meteor in the night.’”
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 23.
“…‘the guiding star…’”
“Reminiscences of Dr. J. Marion Sims in Paris,” Edmond Souchon, Medical Record, Vol. 46, No. 23, December 8, 1894, p. 708.
“…the ‘brightest star that shines…’”
This piece by Harris appeared more than a decade before his biographical treatment of Sims. It seems he could not resist the astronomical fervor that had characterized Sims’s colleagues descriptions of him, from decades earlier.
“James Marion Sims: The Father of Modern Gynecology,” Seale Harris, The Southern Surgeon, Vol. 6, No. 1, February 1937, p. 52.“
“After warning…”
See “…accept the dicta of great men…,” above.
“…Barker chaired a committee…”
Notices similar to this appeared in each issue of the Medical Record for several years after Sims died.
“…white, male doctors.”
I came up with this figure by going through every issue of the Medical Record over the ten years between Sims’s death and the erection of his statue—I counted the donors and added up the donations. Interested parties are welcome to fact-check my math.
“Monumental Error,” J.C. Hallman, Harper’s Magazine, November 2017, p. 33.Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, Vol. 3, 1878, pp. 347-62.
“…raised in 1894.”
Medical Record, October 27, 1894, p. 535.