Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever / Jim Murphy.
| Author/creator | Murphy, Jim author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Boston : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015] |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | xiii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| 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?. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Local note | Little-472010--305131067147 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-122) and index. |
| Audience | 1170 Lexile |
| LCCN | 2015013601 |
| ISBN | 9780547821832 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0547821832 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 617.0232 M9544B | ✔ Available | Place Hold |