Jane Todd Crawford

ID: 308
This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell House

Green County native Jane Todd Crawford survived the world's first recorded successful abdominal operation when Ephraim McDowell removed a twenty-two pound ovarian cyst from her. Courtesy the Ephraim McDowell House. Crawford is commemorated by marker #183 in Green County.

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…