J Marion Sims Statue Moved to Brooklyn
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J Marion Sims Statue Moved to Brooklyn
New York City workers removed a Central Park statue on Tuesday commemorating Dr. J. Marion Sims, a 19th-century surgeon who made significant advances in gynecology at the expense of enslaved black women.
Sims, widely regarded as the “father of modern gynecology,” established the first hospital for women in New York City in 1855. He invented the speculum and pioneered a surgical technique for repairing a vesicovaginal fistula, a complication of obstructed childbirth.
- J Marion Sims Statue Moved to Brooklyn
