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 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.

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

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

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 ...

The south-side doctor who performed the first successful open-heart procedure Daniel Hale Williams was a pioneer in many ways. by Joe Mason February 1, 2019 August 18, 2021. Share this: ...

Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931) Surgeon and Medical […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 64°F. Tuesday, September 12th 2023 E-Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. News; ...

Not this year: Sunday evening at Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Park, a conversation between two men ended with one of them shooting the other to death. According to the Denver Police Department, ...

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 ...

LIMA — In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams completed the first-ever successful heart surgery. Today, physicians around the world continue to make advancements that change the scope of healthcare.