Disease Death and Doctors

William "The King of Surgery" Halsted. Toot. Toot.

December 27, 2021 The Honorable Doctor John and The less Honorable Doctor Guy Season 2 Episode 5
Disease Death and Doctors
William "The King of Surgery" Halsted. Toot. Toot.
Show Notes

The honorable doctor John and the less honorable doctor Guy dive into one of the classic medical history origin stories, that of the great William Stewart Halsted.  One of the original Johns Hopkins "Big Four," a visionary surgeon and reformer of surgical training in the United States, and... a functional cocaine addict (aka. a rainbow sniffer, a snowblower, a real crack o'lantern).  Everyone has a skeleton in their closet or a monkey on their back, but not everyone rises victoriously like a Halsted (or a phoenix...).  Happy Holidays everyone!