Image Title:
Daniel Hale Williams (1856-1931)

Note:
"An African-American doctor, in 1893, Williams opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. He was also the first physician to successfully complete open-heart surgery on a patient. Williams later became chief surgeon of the Freedmen’s Hospital." Read more at bio.com and also at blackpast.org

Image Source:
Urbanintellectuals.com

Subject:
Medicine - Doctor - Pericardium Surgeries - Open-Heart - Chief Surgeon

Date:
1900s

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-MEDPHY-3

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