surgeon received little recognition for the successful surgeries they performed and surgeons still thought they should not perform surgery on the heart. Heart surgery would not be widely accepted among surgeons until World War II broke out and forced battlefield surgeons to improve their methods of surgery in order to repair severe war wounds. Despite the earlier lack of recognition for his accomplishments, Dalton later received good recognition for his role in revolutionizing cardiac surgery. References Henry C. Dalton. Report of a case of stab wound of the pericardium, terminating in recovery after resection of a rib and suture of the pericardium. Annals of Surgery 1895, 21:147-152 Harris B. Shumacker, Jr. Evolution of Cardiac Surgery. Bloomington, Indiana: University Press, 1992 Stephen L. Johnson, The History of Cardiac Surgery, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1970 William Hyde, Howard L. Conard, eds. Encyclopedia of the History of St. Louis, a Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference. New York: Southern History Co., 1899. Notes 1847 births American surgeons People from St. Louis Saint Louis University faculty 1911 deaths