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Mc⋅Dow⋅ell

[muhk-dou-uhl]
–noun
1. Ephraim, 1771–1830, U.S. surgeon.
2. Irvin, 1818–85, Union general in the American Civil War.
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McDowell Mc·Dow·ell (mək-dou'əl), Ephraim. 1771-1830.

American surgeon who performed (1809) the first recorded ovariotomy.

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Ephraim McDowell

American surgeon who is considered a founder of operative gynecology. He was the first to successfully remove an ovarian tumour (1809), demonstrating the feasibility of elective abdominal surgery

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