Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) *Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved “Blue Babies” and Changed Medicine Forever
Jim Murphy
In 1944, Alfred Blalock, Helen Taussig, and Vivien Thomas collaborated on pioneering heart surgery for babies. Blalock, a surgeon, gained international fame after the operation succeeded. Thomas, Blalock’s African American laboratory assistant, painstakingly developed the technique and stood behind him during surgery to give step-by-step instructions. The book interweaves their lives with the medical and social dimensions of this breakthrough, using archival photographs and back matter.
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