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.

  • Valentine, M. T. (Mary Thompson)
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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.

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    of this work, by Drs. Lewis A. Sayre, George F. Shrady, Fordyce Barker, T. Gaillard Thomas, and William M. Polk, of New York City; Drs. D. Hayes Agnew, A. R. Thomas, and Joseph Price, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Drs. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Henry J. Bigelow, of Boston, Mass.; Drs. Charles T. Parkesand E. C. Dudley, of Chicago, 111. 3 Dr. Dudley S. Reynolds, of Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Dowling Benjamin, of Camden, N. J.; and our many medical friends in St. Louis, Mo., and elsewhere, who are too numerous to individualize. Sir T. Spencer Wells and Dr. George Granville Bantock, London, England; Professor A. R. Simpson and Willoughby Walling, U. S. Consul, Edinburgh, Scotland; Charles William McDowell, Esq., of Otter Holt, Carlow, Ireland; M. Starkloff, U. S. Consul, Bremen, Germany; and many other eminent surgeons abroad have expressed their appreciation of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, and his won- derful achievements in surgery, by eulogistic, letters and valuable articles, some of which will be found in this work. Professor James E. Garretson was kind enough to lend the value of the literary experience of John Darby to the Author in a reading and revision of her book as it went through the press, a favor more than duly appreciated and valued. Where remaining faults are noticed, blame belongs alone to her. Were we to attempt to enumerate the courtesies and kindnesses extended us by the medical profession, a detailed account would fill a volume. We can only say that their words of encouragement, and full appreciation of our labors, have urged us on to the completion of this book, and engraven upon our heart a feeling of friendship that the blighting hand of time cannot obliterate, and it will be a link to the memory of Dr. Ephraim McDowell. The several medical journals which have so kindly noticed our work in advance of its publication are most gratefully remembered by The Author.