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

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Breakthrough! : how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
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how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
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Jim Murphy
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Language
eng
Summary
"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"--
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Provided by publisher
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DLC
Dewey number
617/.0232
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illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
Age 9-12
LC call number
RD27.35.T46
LC item number
M87 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
juvenile

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