Birthplace of Dr. James Marion Sims
About 1 3/4 miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1818. Father of modern gynecology, Dr. Sims was honored by the American and by European governments for his service to suffering women, empress and slave alike. Dr. Sims died in the city of New York on November 13, 1883.
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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Lancaster County, Waxhaws Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
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