how three people saved "blue babies" and changed medicine forever
Edición de la obra Breakthrough!
| Autor | Murphy, Jim |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015 |
| Lugar | Boston |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 129 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780547821832 |
| ISBN-10 | 0547821832 |
| OCLC | 898052980 |
| LCCN | 2015013601 |
| Número de Cutter |
M978bIn 1944 an unprecedented surgical procedure repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. This landmark operation opened the way for all types of open heart surgery.The team that developed it 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.