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BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History

Hugh Gaddy · Sunday, January 17th 2010 at 10:57PM · 132 views

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams Was Born January 18, 1856. Dr. Williams Made Medical History On July 9, 1893, When He Performed The First Successful Open Heart Surgery On Record. He Operated On James Cornish, A Young Black Man Who Had Been Stabbed In The Chest. Cornish Lived For 50 More Years, Following The Procedure. James Cornish

On November 15, 1894, Williams Founded Freedman's Hospital School Of Nursing. The School Became A Part Of Howard University In 1969 And Had Graduated 1,700 Nurses Before It Closed In 1973. Three Years Earlier, Dr. Williams Opened Chicago's Provident Hospital. For The First Time There Was A Facility Specifically Established To Formally Train Black Women To Become Nurses. Provident Was Also The Nation's First Interracial Hospital.
Williams Died On August 4, 1931. He Was 75 Years Old. "In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.