Halsted

American  

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

noun

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

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Halsted Scientific  

/ hôl′stĕd′ /

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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At the end of January, I was walking south on North Halsted Street in Boystown.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025

Two days later, Dominguez talked to Halsted about the future, telling her that he wants to have a home, wife and children and live in the Bay Area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

Flying out the next day to contain the crisis, Fuller immediately went with Halsted to the hospital, where a nurse brought them to see Sempill.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2022

Mama Gloria, as she was known, operated her charm school out of the Center on Halsted, a community center for L.G.B.T.Q. people in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 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