Author(s): Jim Murphy
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 144
Publisher: CLARION BOOKS
Language: English
Date Published: 2015-12-08
Dimensions: 183 x 231 x 15mm
Publication City/Country: China
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Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

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.