Crawford, Jane Todd (1763–1842)
Crawford, Jane Todd (1763–1842)
American patient. Born 1763 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia; died 1842 in Graysville, Indiana; m. Thomas Crawford, 1794.
Diagnosed with an ovarian tumor by Dr. Ephraim McDowell, rode 65 miles on horseback to undergo the 1st successful ovariotomy, which was completed without anesthesia (1809); lived for more than 3 decades after the 26-pound tumor was removed (procedure of great importance to the development of abdominal surgery). Jane Todd Crawford Memorial Hospital in Greensburg, Kentucky, opened in 1962.
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