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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Flares117 on 2025-02-06 04:51:49.

Original Title: TIL: William Halsted was a famous surgeon and a founder of Johns Hopkins, but was addicted to cocaine and used it during surgeries. He would inject himself with cocaine to test it before using it on patients. Eventually his writings for the NY Medical Journal became incoherent.

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