The gynecologist and sculptor’s “Birth Series” broke barriers, but how do his views on abortion, race and women’s health square with what we know today?
Before home pregnancy tests, the most reliable test was just to wait and see. But people still wanted to know as early as possible whether they were harboring a tiny human.
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If you re a man, it sounds silly that something as universal as healthcare can be subjective. But when it comes to pain, women are treated differently than we are.
How the “Father of Gynecology” Experimented on Enslaved Women
James Marion Sims is known as the “Father of Modern Gynecology”, but he didn’t get that title by practicing medicine, at least in the way we understand it today.
Historians have uncovered the shocking truth behind Sims’ work in the medical industry. In the late 1800s, he performed dozens of ethically bankrupt surgeries and experiments on enslaved women and girls to learn more about the diseases that affect the female body in what could now be described as torture.
His research won him praise all over the U.S. with half-a-dozen statues erected in his name. But history is catching up with Sims. We are looking back at this shameful period to pay tribute to all the women who suffered in the name of science.