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The Black Surgeon Who Fixed America's Heart (And Got Written Out of the Recovery)
Daniel Hale Williams, a black surgeon, performs one of the world's first successful open-heart surgeries in 1893, inside a Chicago hospital he built himself because no one else would let him operate. This episode uncovers the true story behind Provident Hospital, Black medical history, and the surgeon erased from American textbooks. A deep dive into Black excellence in medicine, Black history facts, and the fight for Black doctors' rights in the 19th century.
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