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is now generally conceded, and it is admitted that he deserves the credit not only of having shown how that operation could be made a success, but also of having played an important part in the advance of abdominal surgery for which the 19th century was conspicuous. A number of manuscripts previously
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with which his name is associated. On this occasion it was perfectly successful, and when in 1865 he published an analysis of the cases he was able to show a mortality only slightly above 30%.
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In spite of the claims of a heavy practice, Clay found time for the pursuit of geology and archaeology. Among the books of which he was the author were a volume of
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and include a record of some of the ovariotomy (oophorectomy) operations he performed between 1855 and 1869.
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Although his merits in this matter have sometimes been denied, his claim to the title
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to continue his studies there. Qualifying in 1823, he began a general practice in
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Dyson, Reverend Simeon "The Unfinished Biography of The Reverend Simeon Dyson"
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Brockbank, E. M. (1929) "The Hospitals of Manchester and Salford." In:
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Archives Hub: University of Manchester Special Collections (ELGAR)
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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owned by Clay are held by Special Collections at the
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Index


Bredbury
Poulton-le-Fylde
Eleanor Jourdain
Francis Charles Robert Jourdain
Margaret Jourdain
Philip Jourdain
Ovariotomy
Bredbury
Stockport
Poulton-le-Fylde
Blackpool
Kinder Wood
Manchester
John Dalton
Edinburgh
Ashton-under-Lyne
temperance movement
ovariotomy
opponent of vivisection
University of Manchester





Chisholm 1911
"Charles Clay: The Father of Ovariotomy in England"
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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