Ephraim McDowell

Ephraim McDowell


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Ephraim McDowell (November 11, 1771 – June 25, 1830) was an American physician. He was the first to successfully remove an ovarian tumor.

Ephraim McDowell was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia. His father was a veteran of the French and Indian War as well as a colonel during the American Revolution. After the family moved to Kentucky the senior McDowell participated in the drafting of the Kentucky Constitution. The young McDowell, interested in medicine, studied at the Seminary of Worley and James and attended lectures in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, from 1793 to 1794. Although he did not receive a degree from Edinburgh, he pursued his interest in anatomy and surgery. He settled at Danville, Kentucky, in 1795, and attained prominence as a surgeon. In June 1830 Dr. McDowell was stricken with an acute attack of violent pain, nausea, and fever. He died on June 25, most likely a victim of appendicitis. New International Encyclopedia]

McDowell practiced surgery and was a pioneer in abdominal surgery, performing the first ovariotomy in the United States in 1809. Jane Todd Crawford, his patient, survived this operation prior to the use of anesthesia, antiseptics, and antibiotics. Mrs Crawford lived 35 years after the surgery.

One of his most famous patients was James K. Polk, for whom he removed a urinary stone and repaired a hernia. cite book| last = Borneman| first = Walter R. | title = Polk: The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America| publisher = Random House, Inc. | year = 2008| location = New York| pages = 8| isbn = 978-1-4000-6560-8]

Dr. McDowell was a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society in 1817 and a founder of Centre College in Danville Kentucky, in 1819.

Dr. McDowell was the great great grandfather of General John Campbell Greenway, whose statue was placed in the National Statuary Hall Collection by the state of Arizona in 1930. He was cousin to woman's suffrage leader Madeline McDowell Breckinridge.

Honors

* In 1879, a monument to him was erected in Danville.
* In 1929, the state of Kentucky donated a bronze statue of McDowell by Charles Henry Niehaus to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
* In 1959, a United States stamp was issued in his honor.List of people on stamps of the United States]
* Dr. McDowell's house, office, and apothecary in Danville are preserved as a museum and are designated a National Historic Landmark. cite web|url=http://www.mcdowellhouse.com/|title=Ephraim McDowell House Museum]
* Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville is named in his honor.

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