Breakthrough!
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 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2019 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 144 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780358094258 |
| Número de Cutter | M978b |
In 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.