... fame were a result of his surgical discoveries, including the invention the Sims Speculum and the Sims Position, and the use of silver sutures to prevent internal infections These innovations eventually ... profession the bold and intrepid pioneer in the art of gynecology … that genius, skill, and perseverance which developed it into a science, in the person of J Marion Sims, of South Carolina.”22 ... the statehouse grounds in Columbia, South Carolina reads: Where the love of man is, there is also the love of art He founded the science of gynecology was honored in all lands and died with the...