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Daniel Hale Williams

Daniel Hale Williams not only preformed the first open heart surgery in the United States, he also opened the first non-segregated US hospital.

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Was dr Daniel Hale Williams in a fraternity?

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was not known to be a member of any fraternity. He was a pioneering African American surgeon and is best remembered for performing one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893. While he was a prominent figure in the medical community and an advocate for the education of African American medical professionals, there is no record of his involvement in a fraternity.

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What are some good facts of Daniel Hale williams the 3rd?

Williams opened Provident Hospital, the first medical facility to have an interracial staff. --- He was also one of the first physicians to successfully complete pericardial surgery on a patient. --- In 1893, Williams continued to make history when he operated on James Cornish, a man with a severe stab wound to his chest who was brought to Provident. Without the benefits of a blood transfusion or modern surgical procedures, Williams successfully sutured Cornish’s pericardium, the membranous sac enclosing the heart, thus becoming one of the first people to perform open-heart surgery.