An edition of Breakthrough! (2015)

Breakthrough!

how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever

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An edition of Breakthrough! (2015)

Breakthrough!

how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.5 (2 ratings) ·
  • 3 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Pages
129

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Subjects

Heart, Surgery, Juvenile literature, Cardiovascular system, Surgeons, Cardiovascular system, juvenile literature, Heart, diseases, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology, JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology, Biography, Heart, juvenile literature, Maryland, Maryland, juvenile literature

People

Helen B. Taussig (1898-1986), Vivien T. Thomas (1910-1985), Alfred Blalock (1899-1964)

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Maryland

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Cover of: Breakthrough!
Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
2019, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Breakthrough!
Breakthrough!: how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Breakthrough!
Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
2015, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Includes index.

456 Childrens Plus, Inc.

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
617
Library of Congress
RD27.35.T46 M87 2015, RD27.35.T46M87 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 129 p.
Number of pages
129

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27197031M
Internet Archive
breakthroughhowt0000murp
ISBN 10
0547821832
ISBN 13
9780547821832
LCCN
2015013601
OCLC/WorldCat
898052980

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