SIMS, JAMES MARION

1813–83, American gynecologist, b. Lancaster co., S.C., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1835. He practiced in Mt. Meigs, Ala. A surgeon of international repute, he introduced new operations and instruments (including a vaginal speculum) and wrote the important Clinical Notes on Uterine Surgery (1866). In 1855 he founded Woman's Hospital in New York City.

See his autobiography (1884).

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The Little Man's Big Friend: James E. Folsom in Alabama Politics, 1946-1958
Book by George E. Sims; University of Alabama, 1985
Subjects: Alabama--Politics And Government--1865-1950, Alabama--Politics And Government--1951-, Folsom, James Elisha, Governors--Alabama--Biography
...Legislative reapportionment, Old age pensions Folsom, James E., Jr., 124 Folsom, Joshua Marion, 5 -6, 223 Folsom, Melissa, 16 -17, 205...Hamm, Phillip J., 135 ; early friendship with James E. Folsom, 7 -8; in Folsoms 1946 campaign...
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Theatre and Friendship: Some Henry James Letters
Book by Henry James, Elizabeth Robins; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1932
Subjects: Fiction, James, Henry--1843-1916--Correspondence
...would be just as youre returning to the arms of Buchanan, Sims Co. However, I shall see you, I trust, at no distant...act to read to you, on the chance. Ever yours Henry James Marion Lea had left Broadstairs to finish her holiday abroad...
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James A. Garfield: A Bibliography
Book by Robert O. Rupp; Greenwood Press, 1997
Subjects: Garfield, James A--(James Abram)--1831-1881--Bibliography
...Russell D., 1423 Silber, Irwin, 766 Simon, John, 170 Sims, J. Marion, 1275 Singletary, Otis A., 686 Sinkler, George...889 Smalley, Eugene Virgil, 797, 798, 1466 Smart, James G., 1191 Smith, A. H., 1290 Smith, Bessie White...
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Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James
Book by Peter J. Levinson; Oxford US, 1999
Subjects: James, Harry--1916-, Jazz Musicians--United States--Biography, Trumpet Players--United States--Biography
...We went backstage," Marion continued. "When he...starring parts for Harry James in Hollywood films. He...on February 13, 1948, James and the band appeared...very much in the Harry James mold. Suddenly, Woody...Burns, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Neal Hefti, Al Cohn...
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The Ku Klux Klan: A Bibliography
Book by Lenwood G. Davis, Janet L. Sims-Wood; Greenwood Press, 1984
Subjects: Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--Bibliography, Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)--Bibliography
...John S., 3825 , 9166 - 9167 McPherson, James, 266 McQueen, Michel, 7689 McReynolds...6589 Melching, Richard, 1763 Mellard, James M., 9173 Mellett, Lowell, 2945 Mendelsohn...9195 Monks, William, 328 Monteval, Marion, 32 Montgomery, Paul L., 1302 Moore...
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Inventing the "Right to Vote" in Crawford V. Marion County Election Board
Journal article by Thomas Basile; Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 32, 2009
Subjects: Crawford v. Marion County Election Board--128 S. Ct. 1610 (2008), Election fraud--Prevention, Elections--Ethical aspects, Elections--Prevention, Equal protection--Laws, regulations and rules, Equality before the law--Laws, regulations and rules, Identification cards--Usage, Suffrage--Laws, regulations and rules, Voting rights--Laws, regulations and rules
...the "Right to Vote" in Crawford V. Marion County Election Board. by Thomas Basile...scope of the right to vote in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board (3) represents...See id. at 807. (14.) Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd., 472 F.3d 949...
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The Unknown Soldier: the Poetry of John Allan Wyeth
Journal article by Dana Gioia; The Hudson Review, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: American literature, Books, Military personnel, Personal profiles, Poetry, Poets, Wyeth, John Allan
...the third and last child of Florence Nightingale Sims and John Allan Wyeth, Sr. The poets father was...Hospital. In 1886 he married Florence Nightingale Sims, the daughter of Dr. James Marion Sims, a medical colleague, who had also come to New...
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Patient Negligence
Journal article by Michele Goodwin, L. Song Richardson; Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 72, 2009
Subjects: Clinical trials--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical malpractice--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical personnel--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical personnel--Malpractice, Negligence--Laws, regulations and rules, Physician and patient--Laws, regulations and rules, Physician-patient relations--Laws, regulations and rules
...Perhaps the most notorious example is James Marion Sims experiments on enslaved women that...observation better captured than in Dr. Marion Sims home state, South Carolina...37.) See, e.g., J. MARION SIMS, THE STORY OF MY LIFE (1884...
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From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America
Journal article by David L. Gollaher; Journal of Social History, Vol. 28, 1994
Subjects: Circumcision--Social aspects, Sex customs--Research, Social history--Research
...by a colleague, the eminent New York gynecologist James Marion Sims, to consult on a perplexing case. "Please let me...in the early 1870s American gynecologists, led by James Marion Sims, invented scores of new genital surgeries intended...
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When Human Experimentation Is Criminal
Journal article by L. Song Richardson; Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Human experimentation in medicine--Laws, regulations and rules, Human medical experimentation--Laws, regulations and rules, Informed consent (Medical law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Informed consent--Laws, regulations and rules, Medical research--Laws, regulations and rules, Medicine, Experimental--Laws, regulations and rules, Self-experimentation in medicine--Laws, regulations and rules
...and products. For example, Dr. James Marion Sims is recognized as the "father of...extensive knowledge. In the 1840s, Dr. Sims performed surgeries on enslaved girls...Pennsylvania (IHGT). (171) Dr. James Wilson, director of the IHGT, was...
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magazine articles on: Sims James Marion  - 25 results

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New Life Members
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 86, May 2001
Subjects: Environmental associations--Membership, Environmentalists--Associations and societies, Sierra Club--Membership
...Christopher L. Smith Kendric Marion Smith Melanie J. Smith T...Richard Spehr Laurie Spencer James G. Speth Dave Marty Spicer...A. Stahr Steven G. Stanley James Stanton Anthony Starr John Stauff...Brightwood Larkin Wayne Tackett James Tague Nancy Teel Scott Roberts...
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Ago Chapter News
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 44, February 2010
...Linda Mack, Isabel Jackson, James Kraus, Marion Manthe, Jenifer Milnikel, and...Polifka, and the Chamber Choir (James Steven Harter, director) of the...as at local churches. Nov. 7, James Biery gave a presentation on Hauptwerk...
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John Muir Society: The Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation Wish to Thank the Following Individuals for Their Support in 2001
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 87, May-June 2002
...M. Send Dr. Mrs. James W. Serene Nancy Greg...Shott Ludwell Sibley Marion Rocco Siciliano David...Silberstein Susan James Siler E. Silha John...Simon Charitable Trust James Simpson Katherine Nathaniel Sims Mark S. Sincevich Cindy...
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Welcome! New Members
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 51, December 2001
Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.--Membership, Associations--Membership, Music
...Schicker, Royal Oak Lori E. Sims, Kalamazoo Anjali M...Randolph, Hattiesburg James S. Sclater, Clinton...McDonald, High Point Cory Sims, Carrboro Loraena L...G. Conley, Seabrook Marion Decell, Plano Nancy Doudney...Pattie A. Dunlap, Joshua James A. Faith, Granbury Bill...
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One for the History Books
Magazine article by Michael Rust; Insight on the News, Vol. 16, December 4, 2000
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Contested elections--2000, Elections--Statistics, Gore, Albert, Jr.--Political activity, Presidential candidates--Political activity
...Hagelin (NLP) 2,951 0% James Harris, SWP 220 0% David...Deal (R)(I) 75% James C. Harrington Jr...Norwood (R)(I) 63% Marion Denise Freeman (D) 37...District 6 (100%) (*) James E. Clyburn (D)(I...I) 70% Richard M. Sims (D) 29% Denis Solee...
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The State Where Prejudice Lives on; RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 26, 2008
...monument to freedom. Nearby are statues of the states leaders, from secessionist General Wade Hampton to doctor James Marion Sims who experimented on enslaved black women without anaesthesia. There is also a statue of Ben Tillman, a senator...
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The State Where Prejudice Lives on; RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), January 26, 2008
...monument to freedom. Nearby are statues of the states leaders, from secessionist General Wade Hampton to doctor James Marion Sims who experimented on enslaved black women without anaesthesia. There is also a statue of Ben Tillman, a senator...
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Poll Stations All Set for an eXtra Busy Election Day; 62 Shire Hall Seats Up for Grabs
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 23, 2005
...Patricia Henry - Labour Barry James Longden* - Labour Glen...Bedworth North Patrick James OBrien - Conservative...Division John Francis Sims Ross - Conservative Jeffrey...Labour Nuneaton Abbey Peter James Gilbert - Conservative...Tooth* - Labour James Marion Hannan - Liberal Democrat...
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Southern Queensland Graduands; We Congratulate University of Southern Queensland Graduands
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), April 17, 2010
...Annadur. Graham, Benjamin James; Kuek, Chen Taw; Lim, Chun...Engineering Austin, Matthew James; Ballantyne, Graeme Jody...Michael; Chandler, Kathryn Marion; Daly, Mark Thomas; Della...Matthew. Kennedy, Christopher James; Martin, Gregory William...
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{We Congratulate University of } {Southern Queensland Graduands }
Newspaper article; The Chronicle (Toowoomba, Australia), April 24, 2010
Subjects: Universities and colleges
...Catherine; Dwyer, Bethel Marion; Falvey, Annette Maree...Renee Louise; Bourne, James Conrad; Braun, Michael...Joel; Dobbie, David James; Donald, Noelene; Dorsett...Grace; King, Matthew James; King, Matthew Robert...Short, Lawson Douglas; Sims, Vanessa Marie; Spencer...
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encyclopedia articles on: Sims James Marion  - 1 result

 
 
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Sims, James Marion
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SIMS, JAMES MARION 1813 83, American gynecologist, b. Lancaster co., S.C., M.D. Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1835. He practiced...


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