medicine February 22, 2022 8:37 am

The 1st Doctor To Perform Open-Heart Surgery on a Human Was a Black Man

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams became the first surgeon to perform open-heart surgery on a human. He started his career as one of only four practicing, Black doctors in Chicago and cared for Black and white patients.

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