Pioneer surgeon Ephraim McDowell

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This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell House

Virginia native Ephraim McDowell moved to Danville and made medical history when he removed a twenty-two pound ovarian tumor from his patient, Jane Todd Crawford. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell House

By Ephraim McDowell House
Historical Marker #2284 in downtown Danville commemorates the Ephraim McDowell House. There, in 1809, Danville physican Ephraim McDowell performed the world's first successful abdominal operation…