Anatomy of a Painting: The Gynaecologist and the Slave | ARTE.tv Culture

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In this painting by the American Robert Thom, who is the man every figure is turning to? His name is James Marion Sims, an American gynaecologist acclaimed by his 19th century peers who used slave women for his medical experiments.


Anatomy of a Painting: The Gynaecologist and the Slave | ARTE.tv Culture
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