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William Stewart Halsted

William Stewart HalstedBorn: 23-Sep-1852
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 7-Sep-1922
Location of death: Baltimore, MD
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Cremated, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Agnostic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Doctor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Father of American surgery

Father: William Mills Halsted, Jr
Mother: Mary Louisa Haines
Wife: Caroline Hampton (nurse, m. 1890)

    High School: Phillips Academy Andover (1870)
    University: AB, Yale University (1874)
    University: MD, Columbia University (1877)
    Professor: Surgery, Johns Hopkins University (1892-1922)

    Risk Factors: Cocaine, Morphine, Smoking



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