Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D., "the father of ovariotomy" : with valuable scientific treatises and interesting monographs on ovariotomy, and eulogistic letters, and addresses by eminent members of the medical profession in Europe and America / by M.T. Valentine.

  • Mary Young Ridenbaugh
Date:
1897
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Credit: Biography of Ephraim McDowell, M.D., "the father of ovariotomy" : with valuable scientific treatises and interesting monographs on ovariotomy, and eulogistic letters, and addresses by eminent members of the medical profession in Europe and America / by M.T. Valentine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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