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Obstetric fistulas are quite common in Africa. Here is a description of the problem, its prevalence, and what some people are doing about it.
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Published: Friday, May 16, 2003
We in journalism tend to write about scoundrels, but today let me instead hail a saint for our age.
Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 79, is an Australian gynecologist who has spent the last 44 years in Addis Ababa, quietly toiling in impossible conditions to achieve the
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perfected his technique of repairing fistulas on American slave women in the 1840s. This story is about his efforts and how he's viewed by historians.
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Scholars Argue Over Legacy of Surgeon Who Was Lionized, Then Vilified
Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
One would be hard pressed to find a more controversial figure in the history of medicine than J. Marion Sims. Originally lionized as the "father of gynecology," Sims was later reviled by a
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