Lucy was an enslaved woman from Macon County, Alabama, who became one of the first subjects of experimental gynecological surgery performed by physician J. Marion Sims in the mid-19th century. After developing a vesicovaginal fistula following a traumatic childbirth, she was treated alongside two other enslaved women, Anarcha and Betsey.
Lucy was an enslaved woman from Macon County, Alabama, who became one of the first subjects of experimental gynecological surgery performed by physician J. Marion Sims in the mid-19th century. After developing a vesicovaginal fistula following a traumatic childbirth, she was treated alongside two other enslaved women, Anarcha and Betsey.
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