CLAY, Charles (1801 – 1893)
1801 – 1893
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1842 CE
#6032
Cases of peritoneal section, for the extirpation of diseased ovaria, by the large incision from sternum to pubes, successfully treated.
Clay, pioneer ovariotomist in Great Britain, introduced the word “ovariotomy”. (See also his later paper, No. 6054.)
1864 CE
#6054
Observations on ovariotomy, statistical and practical. Also, a successful case of entire removal of the uterus and its appendages.
For many years Clay was the most eminent ovariotomist in Great Britain. In all, he performed 395 ovariotomies, with a mortality of 25 percent.