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100 1 _aYandell, David Wendel,
_d1826-1898
245 1 0 _aPioneer Surgery in Kentucky: A Sketch
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2009-03-13
508 _aProduced by David Garcia, Woodie4 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library)
520 _a"Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky: A Sketch" by David Wendel Yandell is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the early development of surgical practices in Kentucky, detailing significant surgical pioneers and their contributions to medicine. It specifically focuses on the lives and achievements of key figures in Kentucky's surgical history, highlighting their groundbreaking work and the impact they had on the field of surgery. The content of the book chronicles the lives of several notable surgeons, including Dr. Walter Brashear, who performed the first successful hip-joint amputation in America, and Dr. Ephraim McDowell, recognized as the "father of ovariotomy" for his pioneering work in removing ovarian tumors. Yandell not only recounts their surgical achievements but also presents their personal stories, professional challenges, and the context of the medical landscape in which they worked. This portrayal offers readers insight into the early practices of surgery, the challenges faced by these medical pioneers, and the evolution of surgical techniques that would influence modern medicine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aSurgeons -- Kentucky
653 _aSurgery -- Kentucky -- History
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28322
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