Happy Black History Month, guys. And as you know, here on Batsers in the City,

we like to highlight historic figures that have made this world a better place.

Who do we have today, Dusty?

We have someone very... And this is, you know, I like this because you know,

falls into like, not really. I was going to say the Valentine's, you know,

Valentine's Day section of maybe a fixed heart, a broken heart. I might be way off.

Anyways, I could see the connection there. You could see the connection? Yeah.

Well, I'm talking about what you're putting down, man. You pick, you pick, you pick,

you pick up when I'm putting down. That's what I'm talking about. I am talking about Daniel

Hill Williams. So let me tell you a little bit about Daniel Hill Williams. I only know a little

bit about him, but I'm going to continue to do some research as I hope everyone else does. He founded

the first black hospital, own hospital in America. But most importantly, well, yeah, most

importantly, he performed the world's first successful open heart surgery in 1893.

That is nuts. The fact that they even had the medical devices, the sanitation

to perform that extreme of a surgery. Yes. That's like what an accomplishment that long ago.

That long ago, in the man I was, I think I read that he lived another 20 or 30 years after

that surgery. Wow. 1800s. Yes. 1800s. That's freaking crazy. And also a black man that's really

just amazing as well to do everything he was probably going through around those times.

Well, one of the true medical pioneer for future African-American doctors and nurses,

man is a true trailblazer in the surgical field. So we all owe a lot to Dr. Williams because

there's a lot of people. Yes, we do. Unfortunately, probably have hard issues that have to go with

things like that. But man, what a pioneer pioneer.

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