Robert Battey (November 26, 1828 - November 8, 1895) was an American physician who is known for pioneering a surgical procedure then called Battey's Operation and now termed radical oophorectomy (or removal of a woman's ovaries).
Author: Unknown Source: GEORGIA: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Volume I, edited by Allen D. Candler and Clement A. Evans (Atlanta, GA: State Historical Association, 1906), p. 139. (Note: This book is no longer under copyright.) License: PD US