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Ephraim McDowell, father of ovariotomy
John RaffenspergerFort Meyers, Florida, United States In 1809, Jane Crawford’s physicians thought she had an overdue pregnancy and called Ephraim McDowell, who lived sixty miles away in Danville, Kentucky.1 McDowell diagnosed an ovarian tumor and advised surgery. McDowell had been born in Virginia, but his family moved to Danville, Kentucky. He served a medical apprenticeship for…