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Observations on ovariotomy, statistical and practical. Also, a successful case of entire removal of the uterus and its appendages.

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Trans. obstet. Soc. Lond., (1863), 5, 58-74. 1864 CE.

For many years Clay was the most eminent ovariotomist in Great Britain. In all, he performed 395 ovariotomies, with a mortality of 25 percent.

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