title: Presidential address: Dr. Ephraim McDowell: father of abdominal surgery.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States