Breakthrough!
How Three People Saved "blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever
Boston : Clarion Books, [2015]
Format: Book
Description: xiii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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, Blalocks 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Thomas, Vivien, 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.
Thomas, Vivien, 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.
Target Audience: Age 9-12.
ISBN:
9780547821832 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C HEALTH Body System Circulatory Mur | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's NonFiction | Out (Due: 5/13/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index.