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The Maligning of a Country Doctor
- Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 46, Number 4, Autumn 2003
- pp. 521-531
- 10.1353/pbm.2003.0079
- Article
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Abstract
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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