J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician (died 1883)

J. Marion Sims

American physician and gynecologist (1813–1883)

James Marion Sims was an American physician in the field of surgery. His most famous work was the development of a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed childbirth. However, he developed this technique via non-consensual…