who was the african american to preform the first open heart surgery?

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who was the african american to preform the first open heart surgery?

2007-02-23 14:06:04 · 2 answers · asked by crazy boy 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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Daniel Hale Williams. A graduate of Chicago Medical School in 1883, Williams, with the assistance of five other surgeons, successfully repaired the torn pericardium of James Cornish, who had suffered a knife wound to the heart in 1893.

2007-02-23 17:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Dr Daniel Hale Williams

2007-02-23 14:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by Petra 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋