Monuments to the ‘father of gynaecology’ cannot be defended as historical documents because they hide grave injustices, says Harriet A. Washington.
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Harriet A. Washington is a medical ethicist and historian. Her books include Medical Apartheid, an account of experimentation on black Americans from colonialism to the present.
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Washington, H. Statues that perpetuate lies should not stand. Nature 549, 309 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/549309a
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