#jamesmarionsims

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Doreen Garner captivates with a strong yet disturbing work entitled “Red Rack of those Ravaged and Unconsenting” at JTT in Art Basel. The work considers the career of Dr. James Marion Sims, the "father of modern gynecology" #jtt #doreengarner #artbasel #jamesmarionsims #gynecology (at Messe Basel)

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James Marion Sims; Father Butcher by Wendy Brinker ... On the shady northwest corner of the statehouse grounds in #Columbia, #SouthCarolina, a place wrought with controversy over its harsh, shameful tributes to #slavery, sits a monument dedicated to #JamesMarionSims. The monument honoring the South Carolinian from Lancaster County curiously dubbed "The Father of Gynecology" is one of the largest on the site. In front of a large cement archway sits a #bronzebust of Sims, looking down with crooked brow and a #fatherly grin. Directly beneath his image is a quote from #Hippocrates, "Where the love of man is, there is also the love of art." Etched in a panel to the left, an inscription touts, "The first #surgeon of the ages in ministry to #women, treating alike #empress and #slave." On the panel to the right, the inscription continues, "He founded the #science of #gynecology, was honored in all lands and died with the benediction of mankind." Historians from South Carolina proudly proclaim that Dr. Sims innovated techniques and developed instruments that changed the landscape of women's #reproductivehealth. Outside accounts portray him quite differently. What is not in dispute is that between 1845 and 1849, in a makeshift hospital he built in his backyard, Sims inaugurated a long, drawn-out series of excruciating, experimental #gynecological operations on countless #enslaved #African #women. This was all done without the benefit of #anesthesia or before any type of #antiseptic was used. Many lost their lives to #infection. It is their story that #history has failed to tell and their legacy of courage and endurance that should be honored, not their captor's. http://joydegruy.com/resources-2/post-traumatic-slave-syndrome/ YouTube: https://youtu.be/TOjs0xrS7a0