Daniel Hale Williams (January 18, 1856 – August 4, 1931) was an American general surgeon, who in 1893 performed the first documented, successful pericardium surgery in the United States to repair a wound. He founded Chicago's Provident Hospital, the first non-segregated hospital in the United States and also founded an associated nursing school for African Americans.
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18 January 1858 Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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Died |
4 August 1931 (aged 73) Idlewild, Michigan, US
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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