Surgery room, Ephraim McDowell House

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Is is likely that McDowell performed his history-making abdominal operation in this room in Danville. Courtesy the Ephraim McDowell House.

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…