While discussing J. Marion Sims in class, it was very obvious that people had different opinions towards his contributions to the medical world. We all decided that he was a bad doctor, but some thought that he was doing what he could in his time. I believe that his advancements were ground breaking and a huge contribution, but the approach that he took could have had some improvements. If he would have had the attitude that he was doing all of it to better women and their health, I might have been able to justify with his ways. I cannot because he was only doing it for the fame and money. The women that he experimented on had no say in what was happening and suffered more than he would ever know. The fact that cured maybe two women in his whole practice says a lot about him.
Valerie Walden
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