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William Stewart Halsted, M.D. (September 23, 1852 – September 7, 1922) was an American surgeon who emphasized strict aseptic technique during surgical procedures, was an early champion of newly discovered anesthetics, and introduced several new operations, including the radical mastectomy for breast cancer. Along with William Osler (Professor ...
Nov 25, 2011 · Discovery. Biographical data, travels, and training in Europe. William Stewart Halsted ( Fig. 1) was born in New York in 1852. In 1875 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at...
- A. López-Valverde, J. De Vicente, A. Cutando
- 2011
Health & Medicine. How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever. Dr. William Stewart Halsted's decidedly unorthodox surgeries led to lifesaving results for generations. By. Paul Hond. |. Fall 2022. Photo illustration by Len Small (Halsted: Gado Images / Alamy Stock Photo)
William Stewart Halsted (born Sept. 23, 1852, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 7, 1922, Baltimore, Md.) was an American pioneer of scientific surgery who established at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, the first surgical school in the United States.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
William Stewart Halsted was a pioneer of surgery in the USA and made many wide-ranging contributions, including the surgical treatment of breast cancer. He changed the training of surgeons from a disorganised apprenticeship to the residency training programmes used today.
- Michael P Osborne
- 2007
Jul 23, 2017 · William Stewart Halsted was a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1894 Halsted described his procedure for treating breast cancer by removing the breast tissue, chest muscles, and lymph nodes in the armpit, a procedure he named radical mastectomy, and that became the standard of ...
William Stewart Halsted developed a novel residency training program at Johns Hopkins Hospital that, with some modifications, became the model for surgical and medical residency training in North America. While performing anesthesia research early in his career, Halsted became addicted to cocaine and morphine.
