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Murphy, Jim, 1947-
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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.
Surgeons -- Maryland -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cardiovascular system -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
Heart -- Surgery -- Juvenile literature.
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Murphy, Jim, 1947-
Thomas, Vivien T., 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.
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Breakthrough
! :
how
three
people
saved
"
blue
babies
" and
changed
medicine
forever
/ Jim Murphy.
by
Murphy, Jim, 1947-
Clarion Books, 2015.
Call #:
612.17 M978b
Subjects
Thomas, Vivien T., 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.
ISBN:
9780547821832 (hc)
Alternate title:
How
three
people
saved
"
blue
babies
" and
changed
medicine
forever
Description:
xiii, 129 p. : ill., ports, facsimiles, photos ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Summary:
"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. 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"--From publisher.
Audience:
Ages 9 to 12.
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612.17 M978b
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