J. Marion Sims — "father of modern gynecology" — developed his surgical techniques on enslaved Black women without anesthesia. One woman, Anarcha, was operated on at least 30 times. Once perfected, the same procedure was performed on white women — with anesthesia. The racial pain bias this was built on has been documented in modern medicine. #nowaythisisreal #truestory #blackhistory #injustice #slavetrade
J. Marion Sims — "father of modern gynecology" — developed his surgical techniques on enslaved Black women without anesthesia. One woman, Anarcha, was operated on at least 30 times. Once perfected, the same procedure was performed on white women — with anesthesia. The racial pain bias this was built on has been documented in modern medicine. #nowaythisisreal #truestory #blackhistory #injustice #slavetrade
