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Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever /

"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murphy, Jim, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Subjects:
Thomas, Vivien, > 1910-1985 > Juvenile literature.
Blalock, Alfred, > 1899-1964 > Juvenile literature.
Taussig, Helen B. > (Helen Brooke), > 1898-1986 > Juvenile literature.
Surgeons > Maryland > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Cardiovascular system > Surgery > Juvenile literature.
Heart > Surgery > Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.
Thomas, Vivien, > 1910-1985.
Blalock, Alfred, > 1899-1964.
Taussig, Helen B. > (Helen Brooke), > 1898-1986.
Surgeons > Maryland > Biography.
Cardiovascular system > Surgery.
Heart > Surgery.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: RD27.35.T46 M87 2015
 
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