Dr. Ephraim McDowell is a local hero of Danville. In 1809 he performed the world's first successful ovariotomy. The local hospital is named for him. His office is preserved as a museum.
I was out with Mrs. Gruntled and Daughter #2 the other day when we saw a woman we know coming out of the McDowell House Museum holding her abdomen.
"That's odd," said I.
"Very odd."
"Oh, very odd to me."
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*GROAN*
Although, truth be told, I always appreciate a good pun...
Ovariotomy, what will you leave us NEXT time?
Oh, if you encyst ...
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