Grave of Jane Todd Crawford

Grave of Jane Todd Crawford (HMECP)

Location: Sullivan, IN 47882 Sullivan County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 8.101', W 87° 32.429'

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— First Ovariotomy Performed —

Pioneer Heroine of Abdominal Surgery
Jane Todd was born in Virginia in 1763. In 1805 she and her husband, Thomas Crawford, moved to Green County, Ky. Suffering from a huge abdominal tumor, she rode 60 miles to Danville, Ky., to submit to an operation never before performed. On December 25, 1809, Dr. Ephraim McDowell performed this, the first ovariotomy, in his home. The ordeal lasted 25 minutes. There was no anesthesia. Mrs. Crawford recovered completely. Years later she came to Graysville to live with her son, Thomas, a Presbyterian minister. She died in 1842 at age 78. She is buried here. The restored McDowell home in Danville is a surgical shrine.
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HM NumberHMECP
Series This marker is part of the Indiana: Indiana State Historical Bureau Markers series
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Marker Number77.1972.1
Year Placed1972
Placed ByWoman's Auxiliary of the Southern Medical Association
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Date Added Sunday, September 14th, 2014 at 8:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 453287 N 4331898
Decimal Degrees39.13501667, -87.54048333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 8.101', W 87° 32.429'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 8' 6.06" N, 87° 32' 25.74" W
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Area Code(s)812
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200-298 Unrd, Sullivan IN 47882, US
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