However, Sims was known for achieving medical discoveries by performing surgeries on enslaved black women without anesthesia or consent. (manhattantimesnews.com)
Doreen Garner creates visceral, life - like sculptures that acknowledge the brutality endured by the subjects of J. Marion Sims, a nineteenth century doctor who operated on enslaved Black women without anesthesia or consent. (art21.org)
Also at 11 a.m., NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, elected officials, and community leaders will rally outside the J. Marion Sims Monument in Central Park to renew their demand for removal of an «offensive statue» honoring a physician who conducted medical experiments on non-anaesthetized enslaved black women, 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. (nystateofpolitics.com)