Horrifying history of black people being abused in the field of medicine.
J. Marion Sims βthe father of modern gynecologyβ purchased enslaved Black women and repeatedly performed genital surgery on them WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, according to him, "Black women don't feel pain.β
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J. Marion Sims βthe father of modern gynecologyβ purchased enslaved Black women and repeatedly performed genital surgery on them WITHOUT ANESTHESIA, according to him, "Black women don't feel pain.β
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J. Marion Sims is called the "Father of Gynecology" due to his experiments on enslaved women in Alabama, who were often submitted as GUINEA PIGS by their plantation owners who could not use them for sexual pleasure.
Anarcha, one of those women, was an African-American slave woman who was forced to regularly undergo surgical experiments while positioned on Sims' table, squatting on all fours and FULLY AWAKE without the comfort of ANY anesthesia.
It's been calculated that Anarcha was operated on roughly 34 times between 1845 - 1849. These operations helped Dr. Sims hone his
techniques and create his gynecological tools.
techniques and create his gynecological tools.
It would be more than appropriate
to credit Anarcha, along with other nameless slave women, as the "MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY"
to credit Anarcha, along with other nameless slave women, as the "MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY"
More than 8000 post black women in Mississippi and S. Carolina were given involuntary hysterectomies (removal of uterus) between 1920s and 80s when they went to see white doctors for other complaints.
These came to be known as 'Mississippi Appendectomies'
These came to be known as 'Mississippi Appendectomies'
German colonizers in Namibia, due to their interest in evolutionary theory and missing links executed inmates and decapitated them.
Herero women were required to remove all flesh from the heads to create clean skulls suitable for shipment for study in German Institutes.
Herero women were required to remove all flesh from the heads to create clean skulls suitable for shipment for study in German Institutes.
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In 1800s, slaves were once thrown into burning hot pits by physicians seeking a cure for sunstroke. In 1822, Dr. Hamilton's used a slave named Brown as a subject... Dr. Hamilton had a fire pit dug and placed John in the hot pit, covered him with wet blankets,
and measured the effects of certain medications on Mr. Brown's body temperature and health. reference: (Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave)
In the 1800's, Dr. Francois Marie Prevost (Father of Cesarian Section) tried to perfect Cesarean sections using African women as subjects. His first successful birth, named Cesarine, was born in 1831 to a slave woman.
Experimentation was not limited to the living. There were "night doctors" who dug up corpses of the enslaved for medical inquiries. experimentation was not limited to the living... There were "night doctors" who dug up corpses of the enslaved for medical inquiries.
The Tuskegee syphilis Experiment: It began in 1932. In the syphilis study, doctors were trying to find out more about syphilis test subjects (impoverished African American men), and didn't treat them for syphilis even after they knew penicillin could cure the infection.
The infected men involved in the study were never made aware of their condition upon diagnosis and believed they were being treated for "bad blood
In exchange for their participation, the men received free medical examinations and burial insurance. They were never treated for it
Oregon State Penitentiary Experiment. 1963-1971; Black prisoners were injected with radioactive compound called thymidine into their testicles.
Oregon State Penitentiary Experiment. 1963-1971; Black prisoners were injected with radioactive compound called thymidine into their testicles.
The experiment was to test the effects of radiation on the cells of the testes & the doses of radiation that would produce changes or induce damage in the cells, the amount of time it would take for cell production to recover and the effects of radiation on hormone excretion.
At the time of the Oregon experiment, using prisoners as research subjects was an accepted practice in US. in this particular study it was interpreted by state officials as permitting an inmate to give his consent to a vasectomy, consenting to becoming an experimental subject
Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa cells) became one of the most important tools in medicine.Her cells became vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization and more.
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