"The father of modern gynaecology" and his shocking experiments on black women! - a podcast by Wellness Gal

He won awards and was popular. This "father of modern gynaecology". As the Clinic stated - "No place in the United States offers as great opportunities for the acquisition of anatomical knowledge. Subjects being obtained from among the coloured population in sufficient numbers for every purpose, and proper dissections carried out without offending any individuals in the community." - The Agnew Clinic 1889. Why would anyone in the community be offended? Sims carried out fistula operations on black women without anaesthetics. On one (Anarcha) - over 30 surgeries, over four years. No painkillers! No anaesthetics. Please, see the pic of Sim's vaginal speculum, with which he performed experiments on these women. Was "the father of modern gynaecology justified?

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