Columbia, South Carolina - Monument to the Father of Gynecology
- Address:
- Columbia, SC
- Directions:
- J. Marion Sims Monument, intersection of Assembly and Gervais Sts., NW corner of state house grounds.
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Postcard reads: "J. Marion Sims was the first Surgeon of the Ages in ministering to women, treating Empresses and Slaves alike. He was the Founder of the Science of Gynecology and was honoured in all lands. He died in 1883."
NYC Monument to the Father of Gynecology and Experimenter on Slave Women [RoadsideAmerica.com Team, 02/10/2007]
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