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. 2006 May;16(5):259.
doi: 10.1177/175045890601600506.

The Sims' speculum

Harold Ellis  1
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The Sims' speculum

Harold Ellis. J Perioper Pract. 2006 May.

Abstract

An instrument that is taken for granted in gynaecological clinics, operating theatres and GP surgeries all over the world is the humble Sims' speculum. How would we manage without it? In the fourth article of this biographical series, Professor Ellis looks at the work of James Marion Sims.

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