Necessity is the mother of invention: William Stewart Halsted's addiction and its influence on the development of residency training in North America

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This article reviews the career and influence of William Halsted and how, even with his struggles with addiction, he helped develop a model for postgraduate surgical training in North America.

Explain Like I'm Five

This is like when a teacher, even with their own struggles, invents a better way to teach kids. A doctor, Dr. Halsted, who had his own problems, helped create a great way to train new doctors to be amazing surgeons.

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This is a historical review article and does not have a traditional research methodology; it should not be evaluated as a research paper.

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