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Halsted did not have a private office in town, but would see his patients at the hospital or examine them in their homes. Out-of-town patients were examined pre and postoperatively in their hotel rooms.
- J Scott Rankin
- 10.1097/01.sla.0000201546.94163.00
- 2006
- Ann Surg. 2006 Mar; 243(3): 418-425.
Following his discharge from Butler in 1886, Halsted moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to join his friend William Welch in organizing and launching the new Johns Hopkins Hospital. Halsted began working in Welch's experimental laboratory, and he presented a paper at Harvard Medical School.
Although Halsted was considered a reclusive person by his contemporaries, the discovery of correspondence between Halsted at 60 years of age with a woman 40 years younger revealed that he was a much warmer and personable individual in private. 45 Halsted continued working until the spring of 1922. While at his country estate in August 1918, he ...
- Michael P Osborne
- 2007
Jul 23, 2017 · During those three years from 1883 to 1886, Halsted also established his own private surgical practice and a private quiz, or study group, for 65 students of the College of Physicians. Halsted ran his quiz differently than had been done before.
Ruined in New York, Halsted went to Baltimore, where a friend at Johns Hopkins Hospital brought him into the fold. At Hopkins, Halsted attained greatness, becoming a slower, more methodical surgeon who, while actively concealing his addictions — and earning a reputation as an enigmatic recluse — transformed the entire field.
His private class went to his office 2 nights a week at 9 o’clock where they were quizzed until 11 or 12 o’clock. Lived with an intern Thomas McBride on East 25th Street (between Madison and 4th Ave).
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The couple settled permanently in a large three-story house at 1201 Eutaw Place in Baltimore. Halsted's study was a large airy room with a fireplace, a wall lined with bookshelves, a worktable near the center of the room, and beautiful antique furniture and rugs.
