Pasts Imperfect
Memorializing a Medical Predator
J. Marion Sims’ all-too-slow fall from scientific renown speaks volumes about the institutions that shore up white male impunity
- J.C. Hallman
J.C. Hallman is the author of six books and numerous articles, and he is the recipient of fellowships from the McKnight and Guggenheim foundations, among other honors. His book on J. Marion Sims and the later fate of Sims’ so-called first cure, Anarcha, will be published by Henry Holt in 2023.