Readings on American Medical Biography
- 1828 - THATCHER - American Medical Biography
- 1845 - WILLIAMS - American Medical Biography
- 1861 - GROSS - Lives of Eminent American Physicians and Surgeons
- 1876 - TONER - Address on Medical Biography
- 1878 - ATKINSON - The Physicians and Surgeons of the USA
- 1888 - SIMS - The Story of my Life
- 1890 - POLK - Medical and Surgical Register USA
- 1897 - RIDENBOUGH - Biography of Ephraim McDowell_
- 1902 - Standard Medical Directory of North America
- 1912 - KELLY - Cyclopedia of American Medical Biography
- 1914 - POLK - Medical and Surgical Register USA
- 1920- KELLY-BURRAGE - American Medical Biographies
- 1921 - American Medical Directory
- 1921 - SCHACHNER - Ephraim McDowell: "Father of Ovariotomy"