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` incentive for McDowell to attempt the operation which led to his fame.
Upon his return to Danville in 1795, McDowell at once entered
upon the practice of medicine and surgery and soon attained a reputation
as thehrankingtmimber of his profession in the community. Within a few I
years is repu a ion extended until he was recognized as the leading
surgeon west of Philadelphia. He continued active practice until his i
death, his greatest achievement having been the operation successfully
performed on Mrs. Crawford. A detailed account of that surgical treat- *
' ment has been recorded in simple words by Dr. McDowell, who was assisted _
at an improvised operating table by his nephew, Dr. James McDowell. I
In 1802, Dr. McDowell married Sarah Shelby, the daughter of -
Governor Isaac Shelby. He died June 20, 1830. His remains, with those .
I of his wife, have been placed near the McDowell Memorial Monument erected
in 1879 in Danville.
The McDowell House and its site are in the custody of the State,
and are embraced in the Kentucky State Park System.
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