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William Stewart Halsted ( September 23 1852-1922) was one of the most influential surgeons of the 20th Century. He developed the surgical training program at John Hopkins University that became a model for post-graduate residency training for medical and surgical specialists in the United States. His contributions to surgical techniques lay in advocation of preservation of anatomy and gentle handling of tissues. He invented the operation called radical [[mastectomy]], which provided the only cures for breast cancer in his era. | William Stewart Halsted ( September 23 1852-1922) was one of the most influential surgeons of the 20th Century. He developed the surgical training program at John Hopkins University that became a model for post-graduate residency training for medical and surgical specialists in the United States. His contributions to surgical techniques lay in advocation of preservation of anatomy and gentle handling of tissues. He invented the operation called radical [[mastectomy]], which provided the only cures for breast cancer in his era. | ||
=Early life= | |||
Born in New York City to an affluent family, Halsted was privately educated as a boy, and then attended Yale University. He is said to have been undistinguished as a scholar but notable on the playing fields, being one of the first captains of the Yale football team ("William Stewart Halsted."Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. | |||
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007). | |||
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William Stewart Halsted ( September 23 1852-1922) was one of the most influential surgeons of the 20th Century. He developed the surgical training program at John Hopkins University that became a model for post-graduate residency training for medical and surgical specialists in the United States. His contributions to surgical techniques lay in advocation of preservation of anatomy and gentle handling of tissues. He invented the operation called radical mastectomy, which provided the only cures for breast cancer in his era.
Early life
Born in New York City to an affluent family, Halsted was privately educated as a boy, and then attended Yale University. He is said to have been undistinguished as a scholar but notable on the playing fields, being one of the first captains of the Yale football team ("William Stewart Halsted."Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007).
-References- Rankin JS. William Stewart Halsted: a lecture by Dr. Peter D. Olch. [Biography. Historical Article. Lectures] Annals of Surgery. 243(3):418-25, 2006 Mar. UI: 16495709