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The black doctor who performed open heart surgery in 1893

While the world celebrates open heart surgery as a modern triumph of science, it was a black doctor in 1893 Chicago that really made history. In July of that year, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams became known as the first surgeon to successfully operate on the human heart.

Here’s how it happened.

James Cornish entered Provident Hospital in Chicago on the night of July 9, suffering from a stab wound to the heart. Overnight, his condition worsened. With Cornish’s life at stake, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams determined the next morning that he would perform open heart surgery to repair the wound, immediately.

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