MCDOWELL, Ephraim. "Three Cases of Extirpation of diseased Ovaria". In: The Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical, Vol. VII, pp. 242-244. Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1817. 8o. Modern calf antique, preserving earlier red morocco spine label. FIRST EDITION. "McDowell was a pioneer ovariotomist. Although not the first to perform this operation, he deserves credit for putting it upon a permanent basis. The above records his first ovariotomy, performed in 1809, together with two later cases" (Garrison-Morton-Norman 6023). RARE. There are no records of this at auction.