Say Anarcha a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health
"In 1846, a young surgeon, J. Marion Sims ("The Father of Gynecology"), began several years of experimental surgeries on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha ("The Mother of Gynecology"). This series of procedures-performed without anesthesia and resulting in Anarcha's so-called "cure"-forever al...
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
2023.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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