"The professor", William Steward Halsted: A legend

Indian Journal of Surgery | July 1, 2004| | Copyright

William Steward Halsted (1852 - 1922) [Figure:1], more than any other surgeon, set the scientific tone for this most important period in surgical history. He moved surgery from the melodramatics of the 19th century operating "theatre" to the starkness and sterility of the modern operating "room", commingled with the privacy and soberness of the research laboratory.

New Yorker W. S. Halsted was awarded an MD in 1877 by the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. In 1890 he was appointed the first surgeon-in-chief of the John Hopkins Hospital and was named the first professor of ...

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