Say Anarcha : a young woman, a devious surgeon, and the harrowing birth of modern women's health / J.C. Hallman.

"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...

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