SIMS, James Marion (1813 – 1883)
1813 – 1883
6 entries in the GMN corpus.
1852 CE
#6037
On the treatment of vesico-vaginal fistula.
Original description of Sims’s operation for the treatment of vesicovaginal fistula; also describes “Sims’s position, the knee–chest position. Reprinted in Med. Classics, 1938, 2, 677-712.
1858 CE
#5605
Silver sutures in surgery.
Sims, famous American gynecologist, introduced a silver wire suture, in order to avoid sepsis. See No. 6037.
1861 CE
#6049
Amputation of the cervix uteri.
Sims’s method for amputating the cervix.
1862 CE
#6050
On vaginismus.
1866 CE
#6057
Clinical notes on uterine surgery, with reference to the management of the sterile condition.
A revolutionary and controversial work, written in Paris while Sims was in voluntary exile because of the U.S. Civil War, and first serialized in Lancet 2 (1864) and 1 (1865). Includes, pp. 16-18, the description of S…
1878 CE
#3625
Remarks on cholecystotomy in dropsy of the gall-bladder.
Sims’ operation of cholecystotomy.