Jim Murphy

Breakthrough! (eBook, ePUB)

How Three People Saved "e;Blue Babies"e; and Changed Medicine Forever

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome. The operations success brought the surgeon Alfred Blalock international fame and paved the way for open-heart surgery. But the technique had been painstakingly developed by Vivien Thomas, Blalocks African American lab assistant, who stood behind Blalock in the operating room to give him step-by-step instructions. The stories of this medical and social breakthrough and the lives of Thomas, Blalock, and their colleague Dr. Helen Taussig are intertwined in this compelling nonfiction narrative.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HMH Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780547821887
• Artikelnr.: 44363738

Autorenporträt

Jim Murphy, a preeminent nonfiction writer, has won numerous awards, including the Sibert Medal and two Newbery Honors. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his family.