Breakthrough! How Three People Saved Blue Babies and Changed Medicine Forever |
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| Author:
| Murphy, Jim |
| ISBN: | 978-0-358-09425-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | Clarion Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.99 |
Book Description:
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The story of the 1944 development of an unprecedented surgical procedure that saved babies' lives and paved the way for all types of open-heart surgery, created in large part by Vivienne Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor. By Newbery Honor- and Sibert Award-winner Jim Murphy.
The story of the 1944 development of an unprecedented surgical procedure that saved babies' lives and paved the way for all types of open-heart surgery, created in large part by Vivienne Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor. By Newbery Honor- and Sibert Award-winner Jim Murphy.