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The Medical Ethics of Dr. J Marion Simms
The case of doctor j marion simms and his experiments on ex-slaved people. Ash a fresh at the historical record. He says it's difficult to make a fair assessment of the medical ethics of past practitionersy, i don't think it is here. And if there were doctors who had successfully provided therapeutic treatments for fistula, then it's reasonable to say that doctor simms was engaging in an unnecessary human experimentation with enslaved people.