title: McDowell's saucer.
abstract: The pioneer American ovariotomist McDowell studied anatomy in Edinburgh under John Bell. McDowell returned to Kentucky in 1793 with a set of porcelain. One saucer from his set was donated to the College in 1994.
authors.affiliation: The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gardner
mesh_terms: D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000266:history*; D010678:Philately; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States