William Stewart Halsted

William Stewart Halsted (b. September 23 1852 in New York City; d. September 7 1922 in Baltimore, Maryland) is known as the father of American surgery. Founder of the American residency training system of progressive responsibility, he is also well known for his many other medical and surgical achievements. As one of the first proponents of hemostasis and investigators of wound healing, Halsted pioneered the modern surgical fundamental principles of absolute control of bleeding, accurate anatomical dissection, complete sterility, exact approximation of tissue in wound closures without excessive tightness, and gentle handling of tissues. The first radical mastectomy for breast cancer was performed by Halsted. Other achievements include advances in thyroid, biliary tree, hernia, intestinal, and arterial aneurysm surgeries.

Trivia

• Halsted published 180 papers in his lifetime.
• Halsted is also known for inventing mosquito clamps.
• Halsted was responsible for the inclusion of temperature charts in medical records.
• Halsted never joined the American College of Surgeons.
• Halsted's Maryland address was 1201 Eutaw Place.
• Halsted's students called him "The Professor."
• Halsted's first resident was Frederick J. Brockway.
• Halsted's secretary's name was Miss Stokes.
• Halsted's gardener's name was Bradley.
• While at Andover, Halsted played the role of Hans in The Office Seekers.
• Halsted attended his 40 year Yale college reunion.
• Halsted proposed Florence Sabin to the National Academy of Science.
• Halsted's hobbies included dahlia raising, astronomy, and collecting antique furniture and rugs.
• Halsted has a street in Chicago named after him, Halsted Street
• Halsted enjoyed bowling at the University Club in New York City.
• Halsted bought eyeglasses, pens, and cigarette holders in huge quantities.
• Halsted smoked Pall Mall cigarettes.
• Halsted shopped for fruit at the Lexington Market.
• Halsted's Yale roommate was Sam Bushnell.
• Halsted's favorite breakfast was coddled guinea hen eggs.

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Nuland, Sherwin B. | Title=Doctors: the Biography of Medicine | Publisher=New York: Knopf | Year=1988 | ID=ISBN 0679188157}}
• {{Web reference | title=Who named it? | work=William Stewart Halsted | URL=http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2944.html| date=August 3 | year=2005}}
• {{Web reference | title=A Tribute to William Stewart Halsted, MD | work=William Stewart Halsted | URL=http://www.medicalarchives.jhmi.edu/halsted/halsted.htm| date=August 18 | year=2005}}
• {{Journal reference issue | Author=Bryan, Charles S.| Title=Caring Carefully: Sir William Osler on the issue of competence vs. compassion in medicine| Journal=Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings| Volume=12| Issue=4| Year=1999| Pages=277?284}}
• {{Journal reference issue | Author=Cameron, John.| Title=Williams Stewart Halsted: Our Surgical Heritage| Journal=Annals of Surgery| Volume=225| Issue=5| Year=1997| Pages=445-458}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Practical comments on the use and abuse of cocaine| Journal=The New York Medical Journal| Volume=42| Year=1885| Pages=294-195}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Practical Circular suture of the intestines; an experimental study| Journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences| Volume=94| Year=1887| Pages=436-461}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Practical The radical cure of hernia| Journal=The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin| Volume=1| Year=1889| Pages=12-13, 112}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=The treatment of wounds with especial reference to the value of the blood clot in the management of dead spaces| Journal=The Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports| Volume=2| Year=1890-1891| Pages=255-314}} First mention of rubber gloves in the operating room.
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Ligation of the first portion of the left subclavian artery and excision of a subclavio-axillary aneurism| Journal=The Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin| Volume=3| Year=1892| Pages=93-94}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=The results of operations for the cure of cancer of the breast performed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from June, 1899, to January, 1894| Journal=The Johns Hopkins Hospital Reports| Volume=4| Year=1894-1895| Pages=297}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=The Contribution to the surgery of the bile passages, especially of the common bile-duct| Journal=The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal| Volume=141| Year=1899| Pages=645-654}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Auto- and isotransplantation, in dogs, of the parathyroid glandules| Journal=The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Baltimore| Volume=63| Year=1925| Pages=395-438}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=Partial progressive and complete occlusion of the aorta and other large arteries in the dog by means of the metal band| Journal=The Journal of Experimental Medicine, New York| Volume=11| Year=1909| Pages=373-391}}
• {{Journal reference | Author=Halsted, William S.| Title=A diagnostic sign of gelatinous carcinoma of the breast| Journal=Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago,| Volume=64| Year=1915| Pages=1653}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Burjet, W.C., Ed. | Title=Surgical Papers by William Stewart Halsted| Publisher=Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press | Year=1924}}

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