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Cases of peritoneal section, for the extirpation of diseased ovaria, by the large incision from sternum to pubes, successfully treated.
Med. Times, 7, 43, 59, 67, 83, 99, 139, 153, 270. 1842.
Clay, pioneer ovariotomist in Great Britain, introduced the word “ovariotomy”. (See also his later paper, No. 6054.)
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