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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.
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 best-known advance, however, was accidental.
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).
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.
- Michael P Osborne
- 2007
Halsted returned to Baltimore in early 1888, and, after the endorsements of Welch and Osler to the trustees, was later appointed surgeon in chief to The Johns Hopkins dispensary and acting surgeon at the hospital for 1 year.
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With his teaching and practice now failing, although still well off financially, what was he to do about his medical career? Welch, now in 1886 professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins, asked Halsted to join him in Baltimore. For a year or 2, Halsted worked in the surgical laboratory doing only surgical research but saw no patients.
