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   What drug was Halsted addicted to?

   • Throughout his professional life, he was addicted to cocaine and later also to morphine, which were not illegal during his time. As revealed by Osler 's diary, Halsted developed a high level of drug tolerance for morphine.

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   Was there surgery before or after William Halsted?

   • There was surgery before William Halsted and there was surgery after William Halsted. For William Halsted, there was also a before and an after. The date can be pinpointed: October 11 1884, the day the brilliant surgeon first learned about cocaine.

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   Did Halsted become a recluse?

   • Halsted spent the rest of his life as an addict. His personality changed: the gregarious man who had torn around New York City became something of a recluse. But the achievements did not abate.

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   What was Halsted's treatment?

   • The key to the treatment received by Halsted was the replacement of cocaine by morphine. In 1887, he entered rehabilitation again, this time for nine months, after which he returned to the laboratory and progressively resumed his clinical activities.

   The surgeons Halsted and Hall, cocaine and the discovery of

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2. magazine.columbia.edu › article › cocaine-addict-whoHow a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever

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   “Halsted read the papers in a medical journal and realized that the doctors weren’t injecting the right areas to block the nerves,” says Gerald Imber, author of Genius on the Edge: The Bizarre Double Life of Dr. William Stewart Halsted. “So he began doing what a doctor does: he experimented on himself.

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3. hub.jhu.edu › magazine › 2022Angels and Demons: The peculiar and haunted genius of Dr. Halsted

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   A Johns Hopkins founding physician, William Stewart Halsted, with the help of his wife, Caroline Hampton, pioneered modern surgery as he waged a lifelong battle against drug addiction.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Stewart_HalstedWilliam Stewart Halsted - Wikipedia

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   Halsted's addictions resulted from experiments on the use of cocaine as an anesthetic agent that he performed on himself. [7] Early life. Halsted in 1874. William S. Halsted was born on September 23, 1852, in New York City. [8] [9] His mother was Mary Louisa Haines and his father William Mills Halsted, Jr. He was the oldest of four children. [10] .

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2010/04/27 › healthThe Drug Addict Who Gave America Modern Surgery - The New ...

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   Apr 26, 2010 · Few of them surpass the biography of the man often credited with founding modern American surgery: William Halsted, professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, and lifelong drug addict.

7. www.nature.com › articles › sjThe surgeons Halsted and Hall, cocaine and the discovery of ...

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   Nov 25, 2011 · Local anaesthesia through the action of cocaine, the oral mucosa and the Vienna group. William Stewart Halsted is considered to be one of the most influential and innovative surgeons the USA...

   • Author: A. López-Valverde, J. De Vicente, A. Cutando

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8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesNecessity is the mother of invention: William Stewart Halsted ...

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   While performing anesthesia research early in his career, Halsted became addicted to cocaine and morphine. This paper dissects how his innovative multi-tier residency program helped him hide his addiction while simultaneously providing outstanding patient care and academic training.

9. www.thelancet.com › journals › langasWilliam Halsted: surgeon, innovator, addict - The Lancet ...

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   William Halsted: surgeon, innovator, addict - The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In Focus | Historical Profile | Volume 3, ISSUE 8, P534, August 2018. Download Full Issue. William Halsted: surgeon, innovator, addict. Talha Khan Burki. Published: August, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253 (18)30206-1.