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TIL the first successful heart surgery was performed in 1893, by a black american surgeon that opened the first black owned and operated hospital in the USA. (youtu.be)
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I found this advertisement placard in a vinyl album, and decided to play the card.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hale_Williams

Edit pictures of the card https://pixelfed.ca/p/bane_killgrind/821853386900164062

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[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 9 points 10 hours ago

It doesn't. This surgeon was motivated enough to help people that he opened his own practice to do it, and that motivation helped people.