The Biography of Ephraim McDowell: The Father of Ovariotomy |
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Other editions - View all
The Biography of Ephraim Mcdowell: The Father of Ovariotomy (1890) Mary Young Ridenbaugh No preview available - 2008 |
The Biography of Ephraim McDowell: The Father of Ovariotomy (Classic Reprint) Mary Young Ridenbaugh No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 103 - Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, For thy rod and thy staff they comfort me And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Page 591 - ... practice of medicine at St. Louis in 1895. At the time of his death he was Professor of General Medicine in the Medical Department of St. Louis University, was president of the consulting staff of the City Hospital, medical director of the St. Louis Society for the Relief and Prevention of Tuberculosis, a member of the St. Louis Medical Society, Missouri State Medical Association, American Medical Association, Medico-psychological Association, Academy of Science, Civic League, Citizens' Industrial...
Page 455 - We entirely disbelieve that it has ever been performed with success — nor do we think it ever will ! " The extent, the bitterness, the persistency of the opposition to ovariotomy, the denunciation of those who performed it, can scarcely be imagined now. It is recorded in the pages of Peaslee and of Atlee. Nor was this feeling confined to this country. Mr. Ernest Hart has recently told us that in...
Page 594 - He is a member of the New York Academy of Medicine, New York State Medical Society, New York County Medical Society, Hospital Graduates' Club, Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Sons of the Revolution, and the Society of Founders and Patriots.
Page 37 - ... wilderness to enjoy the free exercise of the rights of conscience and of human nature. These rights we are fully resolved, with our lives and fortunes, inviolably to preserve; nor will we surrender such inestimable blessings, the purchase of toil and danger, to any Ministry, to any Parliament, or any body of men upon earth, by whom we are not represented, and in whose decisions, therefore, we have no voice.
Page 260 - I commenced the operation, which was concluded as follows : Having placed her on a table of the ordinary height, on her back, and removed all her dressing which might in any way impede the operation, I made an incision about three inches from the musculus rectus abdominis, on the left side, continuing the same nine inches in length...
Page 478 - Upon examination, per vaginam, I found nothing in the uterus; which induced the conclusion that it must be an enlarged ovarium. Having never seen so large a substance extracted, nor heard of an attempt, or success attending any operation, such as this required, I gave to the unhappy woman information of her dangerous situation.
Page 437 - ... to the wound of the belly, that the surgeon may cut it without introducing his hand; surely in a case otherwise so desperate it might be advisable to do it, could we beforehand know that the circumstances would admit of such treatment.
Page 154 - ... some trouble in looking after the cases, having by chance seen some of the first that were operated upon, and tried hard besides to dissuade the patients from undergoing it. I have examined previously some of the cases in which Mr Lizars performed this operation in private practice, for I took good care to prevent him from cutting open women's bellies in the hospital after he became attached to it.
Page 469 - A grateful profession reveres his memory and treasures his example." On the opposite side is inscribed, "Erected by the Kentucky State Medical Society, 1879." On the eastern face this inscription: "Beneath this shaft rests Ephraim McDowell, MD, the 'Father of Ovariotomy,' who, by originating a great surgical operation, became a benefactor of his race, known and honored throughout the civilized world.