Should Women Be Standing Alongside The 'Father' Of Modern Gynecology?

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 11:50 in Health & Medicine

J. Marion Sims by Jim.Henderson, CC BY-SABy David T. Z. Mindich, St. Michael's CollegeOn an October day in 1894, a group of New York City’s leading doctors gathered to unveil a statue in honor of one of the greatest surgeons of his day and the founder of New York’s Women’s Hospital, J. Marion Sims, an Alabama doctor and a man they called “the father of modern gynecology.” read more

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