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“…‘the first bright planet…’”
McKay, W. J. S. (1922). Lawson Tait, his life and work: A contribution to the history of abdominal surgery and gynaecology. New York: Wood, p. 267.
“…‘appeared as a comet…’”
Dr. A.F.A. King, speaking at a memorial meeting for Sims at the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, held eight days after Sims died. The minutes of the events were published in Gaillard’s Journal, and reprinted as an appendix in Sims’s autobiography.
SIMS, J. Marion, (1885). The Story of my Life, ed. by H. Marion-Sims. D. Appleton & Co: New York, p. 449.
“…‘Then, like a meteor…’”
Dr. Paul F. Mundé, speaking on the occasion of the dedication of Sims’s statue in New York City (then in Bryant Park, later to be moved to Central Park) in 1894.
“Dr. J. Marion Sims—The Father of Modern Gynecology,” Medical Record, October 27, 1894, Vol. 48, p. 514.
“Lee published her own book…”
Elizabeth Lee’s book is titled The Last Hope: Lies, Truths and Legends of John Wilkes Booth’s 34-Hour Escape Through King George County, Virginia, North Carolina: Lulu Press, 2019.