From Trussville Tribune staff reports
A New York City statue of J. Marion Sims, a surgeon who experimented on slaves without the use of anesthesia, was vandalized over the weekend.
A statue of J. Marion Sims in New York was defaced over the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.com)
The monument located in Central Park was splattered with red paint. A vandal also spray-painted the word “racist”on the statue.
Sims is known for developing a surgical technique for the repair of vesicovaginal fistula, a severe complication of obstructed childbirth. He also invented a type of speculum still in use today for examining body cavities.
The doctor took up surgery and gynecology after moving to Montgomery in 1840. A statue of Sims also stands on the capitol grounds in Montgomery.
Sims in 1849 moved to New York where he founded the first United States hospital for women in 1855.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the statue, the site of an Aug. 19 protest, is one of several being reviewed by a city commission for possible removal.
3 Comments
Tombstone Ted
So let me ask. When they wipe out all evidence of history, how will they be able to support “what happened?” There will be no evidence of any of it? If anything, they should want to raise more statues and point at them and say, “See son, this guy …. blah, blah, blah.” Evolution has no missing link, nothing to support it so, I don’t believe it. I see no real evidence of Atlantis… so I don’t believe in it… see my point? This is not about racism… its about making America a socialist country. Erase all the founding fathers (due to racism) and we will move into socialism.
Nick Smith
Books, the internet and talking are still an option right?
Gail Smith Wright
If he actually did experiment on slaves, with or without anesthesia he absolutely does not deserve to be revered in any way. I might be willing to help the, take the monument down.