Dr. J. Marion Sims is credited for finding a treatment for vesicovaginal fistulas and inventing the Sims' speculum, revolutionizing modern vaginal surgery. But Harlem residents say a statue of the doctor, which was moved from Bryant Park to around 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Central Park in 1934, has no place in Harlem. Why? Because the doctor tested his treatments on three slave women with no anesthetics. City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito said the memorial needs to be re-evaluated. She told the Post, “As time goes on and history is re-evaluated, some of these individuals who have been memorialized will be rightly challenged." [ more › ]
Harlem Doesn't Like Statue Of Slave-Operating Vagina Doc
Jaya Saxena
Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:12:47 GMT
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