The maligning of a country doctor.
This article traces the misidentification of the subject of an illustration in a text about women and illness in the 19th century.The heroic efforts of surgical pioneer Ephraim McDowell (1771-1830) and his brave patient Jane Todd Crawford are returned to their rightful place in medical history.
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Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
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