title: Ephraim McDowell and the first successful elective laparotomy.
authors.affiliation: Guy's, King's, and St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, London.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000266:history*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000266:history*