MCDOWELL, Ephraim (1771-1830). "Three Cases of Extirpation of diseased Ovaria." In: The Eclectic Repertory and analytical Review. Medical and Philosophical... Vol. VII. 1817, pp. 242-244. Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1817.

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MCDOWELL, Ephraim (1771-1830). "Three Cases of Extirpation of diseased Ovaria." In: The Eclectic Repertory and analytical Review. Medical and Philosophical... Vol. VII. 1817, pp. 242-244. Philadelphia: T. Dobson, 1817.

8o (210 x 132 mm). Contemporary tree sheep, red and black spine label (light rubbing to spine and edges).

FIRST APPEARANCE, of McDowell's account of the first successful ovariotomy, removing a cystic ovary weighing 22 1/2 pounds, which he performed in his house in Danville, Kentucky in December 1809. RARE. Garrison-Morton 6023; Norman 1403.