That was about to change. Without antibiotics, adequate anesthesia or many of the tools used in modern-day heart surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams cut a small hole into Cornish’s chest using a ...

Without antibiotics, adequate anesthesia or many of the tools used in modern-day heart surgery, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams cut a small hole into Cornish's chest using a scalpel.

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery in the world. He was born in Hollidaysburg in 1856. Hollidaysburg Mayor Joe Dodson says Dr. Williams followed ...

As we celebrate black history, meet the man responsible for one lifesaving procedure. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams opened his doctor's office in Chicago when the hospitals didn't allow black doctors to ...

Dr Daniel Hale Williams who performed the first heart surgery in 1893 in Chicago. Williams was born on January 18, 1856, at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. His father was the son of a black barber ...

He was one of just three practicing Black doctors in Chicago at the time. “I think that ultimately, Dr. Williams’ success and his recognition came not out of his race, but his accomplishments ...