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.

Table of 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?.