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Daniel Hale Williams and Provident Hospital Pioneer
The article chronicles Daniel Hale Williams the Black surgeon who led Provident Hospital in Chicago, built support from the Negro community, and performed a groundbreaking heart procedure on James Cornish in 1893 that revived him. It notes Williams life from Hollidaysburg to Chicago Medical, his reform efforts, and his role in advancing interracial hospital work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Hale Williams
Provident
James Cornish
Williams
Grover Cleveland
Gresham
Dr. Williams
Hollidaysburg
Daniel Hale Williams Jr
Sarah Price
Dan Williams
Dan
Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Surgical Association
The
Chicago and Northeastern Railway Association
Annapolis
West
Daniel
Baltimore
Wisconsin
Edgerton
Wisc
Janesville
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Classical Academy
Price
Henry Palmer
Palmer
Helen Buckler
Dr. Palmer
Chicago Medical
Northwestern University
Medical School of
Northwestern
Young Williams
Joseph Lister
Edmund Andrews
31St
Michigan
Ilinois
Kitty May
James Madden
YMHA
Dearborn
29Th St
Provident Hospital
F. Byron Robinson
Frederick Douglas
Jees Q. Gresham
Ife
Provident Hospital and Nursing School
Br. Williams