Breakthrough!
How Three People Saved "e;Blue Babies"e; and Changed Medicine Forever
Published on 8. December 2015
144 pages
978-0-547-82188-7 (ISBN)
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In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operations 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.
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Jim Murphy, a preeminent nonfiction writer, has won numerous awards, including the Sibert Medal and two Newbery Honors. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his family.
