Breakthrough!

How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever

Kids, Natural World, Anatomy and Physiology, People and Places, Biography, Non-Fiction, Science and Technology, History
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Author: Jim Murphy ISBN: 9780547821887
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: December 8, 2015
Imprint: Clarion Books Language: English
Author: Jim Murphy
ISBN: 9780547821887
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: December 8, 2015
Imprint: Clarion Books
Language: English

In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalock's African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions.

The stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of Thomas, Blalock, and their colleague Dr. Helen Taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative.

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In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operation's success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalock's African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions.

The stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of Thomas, Blalock, and their colleague Dr. Helen Taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative.

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