William Stewart Halsted, M.D.-Baltimore, MD
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William Stewart Halsted, M.D. 1852-1922 One of America's most influential surgeons. Surgical innovator and teacher. First Johns Hopkins Professor of Surgery. First head of surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2019
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William Stewart Halsted, M.D. 1852-1922 One of America's most influential surgeons. Surgical innovator and teacher. First Johns Hopkins Professor of Surgery. First head of surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Halsted created multiple techniques for surgery so damage to tissues and blood supply would be minimized. Some of these new advances included different types of forceps, sutures, and ligatures.[9] He was also the first to introduce rubber gloves into the operating room for surgery in 1889, drastically increasing the sanitization of operations.[9] Although, this wasn't originally championed for sanitary reasons.[9][11] The main reason for the introduction of these rubber gloves was to protect the hands of his scrub nurse, Caroline Hampton. She was allergic to the antiseptic so Halsted facilitated an arrangement with Goodyear Rubber Company to make rubber gloves. Caroline Hampton would later become his wife.[9][11]