Lancaster County · Marker 29-00
Birthplace of Dr. James Marion Sims
U.S. Hwy. 521, just N of Salem Cemetery, near its intersection with S.C. Sec. Rd. 29-34, Heath Springs vicinity
Front inscription
About 1 3/4 miles west of this spot stood the house in which Dr. James Marion Sims was born on January 25, 1818. Father of modern gynecology, Dr. Sims was honored by the American and by European governments for his service to suffering women, empress and slave alike. Dr. Sims died in the city of New York on November 13, 1883.