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Late 1800s/early 1900s surgeon, performed one of the first gallbladder operations in the US (performed on his mother on the kitchen table at 2am), also performed one of the first blood transfusions in the US (on his sister after she gave birth), first chief of the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, started the first formal medical residency program in the US, pioneered Halsteads Principles (important principles for controlling bleeding and other practices), performed the first radical mastectomy in the US, introduced the latex surgical glove, and advanced the practices of thyroid, biliary tract, hernia, intestinal and arterial aneurysm surgery. Also, he was addicted to injecting cocaine and morphine for most of his professional life.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 06:16:37 +0000

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