Mcdowell Ephraim Subject (1 results)

No Binding. Condition: VG. No place, no date, circa 1920s, sized 8 x 10 inches, generally clean and bright. Ephraim McDowell, 1771 - 1830, was an American physician and pioneer surgeon. He is generally acknowledged as the first person to successfully remove an ovarian tumor, and has been called the father of ovariotomy, as well as a founding father of abdominal surgery. Unrelated text on verso.…