Cornish was Black. He likely didn’t know that the hospital had been founded two years before as Provident Hospital and ...

In Chicago, Illinois, at Provident Hospital in 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed open heart surgery on a patient who had suffered multiple chest stab wounds.

Often we are negligent and prone to take things for granted — two of which are the ability to attend schools and exceptional health care. That n ...

Without antibiotics, adequate anesthesia or many of the tools used in modern-day heart surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams cut a small hole into Cornish’s chest using a scalpel.

In the annals of medical history, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams stands out as a pioneering figure who bravely ventured into the ...

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In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America.

In 1893, a Black man named Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, affectionately known as “Dr. Dan” performed the first successful open heart surgery in America. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1856, the ...

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Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 9, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

I’m thankful to his doctors who caught it, to the surgeon who did such a beautiful job, to the nurses who helped him get back on his feet – and to Daniel Hale Williams, the cardiologist who ...