Behind the Sheet

Behind the Sheet
ISBN-10
0822240548
ISBN-13
9780822240549
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
95
Language
English
Published
2019-11-05
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Author
Charly Evon Simpson

Description

In 1840s Alabama, Dr. George Barry is on the verge of a miraculous cure: treatment for fistulas, a common but painful complication of childbirth. To achieve his medical breakthrough, Dr. Barry performs experimental surgeries on a group of enslaved women afflicted with the condition. Based on the true story of Dr. J. Marion Sims, the “father of modern gynecology,” BEHIND THE SHEET remembers the forgotten women who made his achievement possible, and the pain they endured in the process.

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