McDowell House Apothecary and Gardens

125 South 2nd Street
Danville, KY, 40422
606-236-2804

URL : http://www.mcdowellhouse.com

overview : On Christmas morning, 1809, Dr. McDowell began his historic operation. The ovarian tumor he removed from Mrs. Crawford weighed twenty-two and one-half pounds. The surgery was performed without benefit of anesthetic or antisepsis, neither of which was known to the medical profession at the time.

topics : medical