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Ovariotomy - History

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8 works

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    The rise and fall of Battey's operation : a fashion in surgery / Lawrence D. Longo.

    | Longo, Lawrence D., 1926- | Date: 1979
    • Student dissertations

    Ovariotomy : was the development of this operation influenced by Lister's antiseptic procedure ? / by Elizabeth Taylor.

    | Elizabeth Taylor | Date: 1989
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    Die Osteomalazie als Indikation für eine bilaterale Oophorektomie im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Ergebnisse und Erklärungsversuche / [Jutta Blönnigen].

    | Blönnigen, Jutta. | Date: 1980
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    The gift of a grateful patient to her ovariotomist Dr. Frederic Bird (1844) / John B. Fleming.

    | Fleming, J. B. (John B.) | Date: 1959
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    The biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D. : "the father of ovariotomy." / by his granddaughter, Mary Young Ridenbaugh. Together with valuable scientific treatises and articles relating to ovariotomy and eulogistic letters from eminent members of the medical profession in Europe and America.

    | Mary Young Ridenbaugh | Date: 1890
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History, 19th Century

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