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William Steward Halsted

American surgeon, New York, Baltimore 1852 -1922, born in New York, died in Baltimore

Halsted is regarded as the inventor of conduction and low spinal anaesthesia. He developed the first rubber surgical gloves and made important contributions to intestinal, liver, goitre and thoracic surgery. Halsted's suture and Halsted's operation, extended radical surgery for cancer of the mammary gland, bear his name.

Artery Forceps
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