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Cases of peritoneal section, for the extirpation of diseased ovaria, by the large incision from sternum to pubes, successfully treated.

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Med. Times, 7, 43, 59, 67, 83, 99, 139, 153, 270. 1842 CE.

Clay, pioneer ovariotomist in Great Britain, introduced the word “ovariotomy”. (See also his later paper, No. 6054.)

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