Breakthrough!
how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
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Publication
2015 - Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
32,250 words, Guess
Page Count
129 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebreakthroughhowt0000murp
- ISBN-100547821832
- ISBN-139780547821832
- Library of Congress Control Number2015013601
- OCLC Control Number898052980
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780547821832
- Open LibraryOL27197031M
Classifications
- DDC617
- LCCRD27.35.T46 M87 2015
- LCCRD27.35.T46M87 2015
Description
In 1944 an unprecedented surgical procedure repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. This landmark operation opened the way for all types of open heart surgery.The team that developed it 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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