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Person · 1856–1931

Daniel Hale Williams

The surgeon who performed one of the first successful heart surgeries and founded an interracial hospital.

A pioneer of [[black-science]].

In 1893 Daniel Hale Williams repaired a stab victim's heart sac at Chicago's Provident Hospital — which he founded to train Black doctors and nurses.

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  1. July 9, 1893
    Daniel Hale Williams performs open-heart surgery

    Sutures a stab victim's pericardium at Chicago's Provident Hospital — among the first successful heart operations.

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    Black Americans in Medicine

    Surgeon who performed one of the first successful open-heart surgeries (1893) and founded Provident Hospital in Chicago, the first Black-owned hospital in the US.