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Khalid Jazieh
@kjazieh
Hem/Onc fellow @MayoHemeOnc. Former IM and chief resident @CCF_IMCHIEFS, graduate of @Alfaisaluniv. Founder of @LandmarkTrials. Into EBM and Medical History.
Jul 16, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Bound by blood: William Halsted, master surgeon known for pioneering radical mastectomies and starting the first surgical residency at Hopkins, had some incredible and crazy family stories - e.g. emergently transfusing his sister with his own blood!
#MedHistory #histmed #surgery He performed one of the first cholecystectomies in the US on none other than his mother, and in their kitchen at around 2 am! In 1882 he removed her gallbladder which contained 7 gallstones, and she survived and recovered completely. A kitchen-table surgery from the late 1800s/early 1900s in r