The Biography of Ephraim Mcdowell the Father of Ovariotomy
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The closure of the wound of the abdomen, as in the first case, with interrupted sutures, together with broad adhesive strips, compress and roller, and the " observance of the antiphlogistic regimen, " all indicate impor- IN THE UNITED STATES. tant principles of practice pursued in these cases. This concludes Dr. McDowell's five cases, believed, as previously stated, to be the only ones published by him in detail ; but there is no doubt that he operated upon other cases, and this claim rests on ...the indisputable authority of the late Prof. S. D. Gross. In the "Report on Kentucky Surgery, " which he presented to the Kentucky State Medical Society, October, 1852, Dr. Gross states that the whole number of cases operated upon by Dr. McDowell is not positively known, but from what he has been able to learn directly from his nephew, Dr. Wm. A. McDowell (formerly of Louisville), he per- formed the operation, from first to last, thirteen times. Dr. Gross, however, credits him with only three additional cases besides the five above presented, making 1 in all eight (four white and four negro women).
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