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Halsted

American  
[hawl-stid, -sted] / ˈhɔl stɪd, -stɛd /

noun

  1. William Stewart Brill, 1852–1922, U.S. surgeon and educator.


Halsted Scientific  
/ hôlstĕd′ /
  1. American surgeon who discovered the technique of local anesthesia by injecting cocaine into specific nerves in 1885. He administered what is believed to be the first blood transfusion in the United States in 1881. Halsted also developed new surgical techniques for treating cancers and other abnormalities and introduced the use of rubber gloves during surgery.


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Brandi Halsted, a mental health clinician who met with Dominguez at the jail, testified that he said he was disappointed in himself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2023

North Halsted Street in Boystown — the official "unofficial" name for the city's gayborhood that largely caters to the interests of gay men — is littered with queer bars.

From Salon Dec. 10, 2022

The following morning, Fuller and Halsted visited the scene of the accident, making sketches and interviewing an officer who had witnessed the crash.

From Slate Aug. 2, 2022

Through her lessons on table manners and etiquette, Ms. Allen “became the Emily Post of Halsted Street,” as Tribune theater critic Chris Jones wrote in 2015, reviewing the premiere of “Charm” at Steppenwolf in Chicago.

From Washington Post Jun. 27, 2022

He found a place on the North Side at 1220 Wrightwood Avenue, a dozen or so blocks west of Lincoln Park, near Halsted.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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