Sims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 1813-1883. James Marion Sims was a surgeon known for the development of surgical techniques, the Sims speculum, the Sims sigmoid catheter, and the Sims position. In the development of his surgical techniques, Sims implemented racist beliefs and unethical practices, experimenting without anesthesia on enslaved Black women and girls who could not consent, as well as enslaved infants and men. In 1855 Sims founded the Woman's Hospital in New York and in 1876 he was elected President of the American Medical Association.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Cornelius P. Rhoads Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0008
Scope and Contents
3 cubic ft., 1932-1959. Contains speeches and reprints, publications, subject files, correspondence, bibliographies, biographical material, obituaries, War Department service, and material relating to human experimentation lawsuit against Dr. Chester Southam. Includes material relating to the controversy garnered by Rhoads' Time magazine cover story.
Dates:
1932 - 1966
Hayes Martin Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0023
Scope and Contents
Approximately 7.5 cubic ft., 1782-1973. Contains materials relating to the treatment of cancer, to the history of Memorial Hospital, and to certain individuals associated with it. This includes biographical information on James Ewing, James Douglas, and J. Marion Sim; material on Mme. Marie Curie's visits to the U. S. in the 1920s; and files on cancer therapies and quackery. Also includes notes, drafts, and other materials relating to both editions of Martin's Surgery of Head and Neck...
Dates:
1782 - 1973
History of Head and Neck Service, 1995
File
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1995
Public Affairs Office of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collection
Identifier: MSK 0005
Scope and Contents
Contains printed materials, publications, photographs, and audiovisual materials regarding the workings of the Public Affairs Office. Publications include Memorial-published periodicals, pamphlets, and press releases, as well as outside publications, clippings and citations of news and magazine articles ,and transcripts of radio and television interviews and reports featuring or referencing MSK and/or cancer treatment and research. Some article clippings were compiled into...
Dates:
1885 - 1992