Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and

Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever – An Award-Winning Young Adult History of Vivien Thomas and a Historic Surgical Triumph

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.Â
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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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Clarion Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-11-19
Format Kindle eBook

Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever – An Award-Winning Young Adult History of Vivien Thomas and a Historic Surgical Triumph