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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Murphy, Jim, 1947-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Murphy, Jim, 1947-       by title:      Breakthrough! : how ...       by call number:      612.17 M978b     Search the Web     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.       MARC Display

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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Tantallon Public Library Children's Nonfiction 612.17 M978b Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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