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A major new biography of the doctor who invented modern surgery. Brilliant, driven, but haunted by demons, William Stewart Halsted took surgery from a horrific, dangerous practice to what we now know as a lifesaving art. Halsted was born to wealth and privilege in New York City in the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- William Stewart Halsted: Add a description of this character.
- William Welch
- Harvey Cushing
- William Osler
- Finney
- Caroline Halsted
- Mitchell
- Howard Kelly
- George Heuer
- Daniel Coit Gilman
- Bloodgood
- Mall
- Lister
- Sam Crowe
- Koch
- William Halsted
- Flexner
- Henry Hurd
- Thomas Mcbride
- Koller
- Butler
- Brockway
- Gray
- Pasteur
- Reid
- William S. Halsted
- Rienhoff
- Blalock
- Bassini
- Baetjer
- Dalton
- Hugh Young
- Barker
- Matas
- Francis King
- Venable
Setting & Locations edit
- Baltimore
- New York City
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Bellevue
- High Hampton
- America
- Europe
- Boston
- Germany
- Vienna
- Paris
- United States
- Philadelphia
- Eutaw Place
- New York Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Roosevelt Hospital
- Maryland Club
- England
- France
- Harvard
- London
- Cathedral Street
- Washington
- Madison Square
- North Carolina
- Halsteds
- Manhattan
- Leipzig
Authors & Contributors edit
- Gerald Imber (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 617.092
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