Sims position

English Alternative forms en Sims' position Etymology en J. Marion Sims American physician 1813 1883. Noun en medicine A medical position in which the patient lies on the left side with the right hip and knees bent and the left hip and lower extremity straight, often used for rectal and vaginal examinations. en 1951 February Forrest H. Howard The Physiologic Position for Delivery Northwest Medicine 50 2 Portland, Ore. Northwest Medical Publishing Association 98 https://archive.org/details/northwestmedicin5019nort/page/98/mode/2up?q=%22Sims+position%22 The conventional positions now generally in use in obstetrics are the modified lithotomy position, with the patient on her back, and to a lesser extent the Sims position, wherein the patient reclines on her side, the upper knee being drawn up on the abdomen. Further reading en eponyms