Halsted

[ hawl-stid, -sted ]

noun

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

Halsted

/ 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.

Example Sentences

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

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

Ms. Muller attended Halsted and began her dance training there.

From New York Times

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

William Halsted, a cocaine-addicted surgeon from Johns Hopkins, set up the first formal residency program and rounding as we know it in the U.S. today.

From Salon