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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams III

By Angelie Hoang, Andre Bishop, Eric Luong and, Rhosellen Paneda

Early Life

Interesting Facts

Hindrances

  • He was the fifth of seven children
  • Williams' father was a "free negro" (an African American that wasn't a slave).
  • His dad died to tuberculosis when he was nine.
  • Daniel's mother, who couldn't support the entire family, sent him away to Baltimore, Maryland, to be a shoemaker's apprentice.
  • He ran away to Edgerton, Wisconsin, to live with his sister and opened up a barber shop.
  • In Wisconsin, his fascination to be a physician was inspired by a local.
  • Williams was held back by racism/ segregation -Black doctors couldn't work in Chicago hospitals when he graduated medical school.

Birth:

  • Stevie Wonder made the song "Black Man" talking about Daniel's, and many other African American's, accomplishments.
  • A character portraying him was featured in "Sister, Sister" in 1998.
  • Molefi Kete Asante listed Daniel on his list of the 100 Greatest African Americans in 2002.
  • A Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was put at his childhood home to commemorate his accomplishments.
  • Williams was Born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, PA.
  • His parents were Sarah Price Williams and Daniel Hale Williams II.

Open-heart Surgery

He Was Famous For...

  • Performed open-heart surgery with Henry Dalton on James Cornish in 1893.
  • Cornish was stabbed through the fifth left coastal cartilage (near the solar plexus).
  • -Williams didn't have access to penicillin, blood transfusion, or other medical drugs to aid him.
  • Entered the chest cavity and stitched the pericardium (sac of membranes surrounding the heart).
  • His successful performance of open heart surgery saved hundreds, possibly thousands, of lives during World War II

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams conducted the first successful open-heart surgery.

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Death

  • Died of a stroke on August 4, 1931, in Idlewild, Michigan.

Accomplishments

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  • Created many non-segregated medical opportunities for African Americans.

- Founded Provident Hospital in 1891

- Co-founded the National Medical Association for African American doctors in 1895

Education

  • Surgeon-in-chief of Freedman's Hospital in Washington D.C. from 1893-1898.
  • He was the only African American doctor in the American College of Surgeons.
  • He was apprenticed to Dr. Henry W. Palmer for 2 years before getting a formal medical degree
  • In 1880, he enrolled at Feinberg School of Medicine, now called Northwestern University Medical School
  • Daniel Hale Williams was the first African American to graduate from Feinberg in 1883.
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