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  • 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"

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