ovariotomy
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ovariotomies
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Origin of ovariotomy
1835–45; < New Latin ōvāriotomia, equivalent to ōvāri ( um ) ovary + -o- -o- + -tomia -tomy
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In 25 days the first woman ever to undergo an ovariotomy was "perfectly well."
From Time Magazine Archive
OVARIOTOMY, "SPAYING."—The removal of the ovaries, or ovariotomy, is practised for the purpose of rendering the female more useful for meat production, prolonging the period of lactation, overcoming vicious habits and preventing oestrum or heat.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
Artificial serum seems to have been first employed by Edmund R. Peaslee as a benign application to the peritonaeum in the operation of ovariotomy.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord
In a paper on infant ovariotomy, several instances of this nature are mentioned.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
It has been said that McDowell conceived the thought of ovariotomy from some suggestions thrown out by this great man.
From Pioneer Surgery in Kentucky A Sketch by David Wendel Yandell
Gordon reports five successful ovariotomies during pregnancy, in Lebedeff's clinic.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Successful ovariotomies are infrequent in the extremely aged.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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