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Murphy, Jim, 1947- author.
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Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature.
Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature.
Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985.
Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986.
Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography.
Cardiovascular system -- Surgery.
Heart -- Surgery.
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Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever / Jim Murphy.
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Murphy, Jim, 1947- author.
Subjects
Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985 -- Juvenile literature.
Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Juvenile literature.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986 -- Juvenile literature.
Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985.
Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964.
Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986.
Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography.
Cardiovascular system -- Surgery.
Heart -- Surgery.
Publisher Info:
Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
©2015.
Description:
xiii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
unmediated
volume
ISBN:
9780547821832 (hardback)
0547821832 (hardback)
Contents:
In the "Dog House" -- The Professor and His Assistant -- Surrounded by Failure -- Answered and Unanswered Questions -- The Search -- "All the World Is Against It" -- "Vivien, You'd Better Come Down Here" -- Then What Happened?.
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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, Blalocks 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"--
"The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"--
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