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Breakthrough! : how three people saved \blue babies\ and changed medicine forever

by Murphy, Jim, 1947- author

in Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985 Juvenile literature. / Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 Juvenile literature. / Taussig, Helen B. 1898-1986 Juvenile literature. / Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985. / Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964. / Taussig, Helen B. 1898-1986. / Surgeons Maryland Biography Juvenile literature. / Cardiovascular system Surgery Juvenile literature. / Heart Surgery Juvenile literature. / Surgeons. / Cardiovascular system Surgery. / Heart Surgery. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century. / JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American.

2015

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Breakthrough! : how three people saved \blue babies\ and changed medicine forever

Murphy, Jim, 1947- author

2015

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\"The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure 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\"-- Provided by publisher.

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Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985 Juvenile literature.

/ Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 Juvenile literature.

/ Taussig, Helen B. 1898-1986 Juvenile literature.

/ Thomas, Vivien T., 1910-1985.

/ Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964.

/ Taussig, Helen B. 1898-1986.

/ Surgeons Maryland Biography Juvenile literature.